School: Baile Ard

Location:
Ballard, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Floinn
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  1. Long ago there lived a man and he was very rich, and there was also a poor man living. The poor man had a son who used to work for the rich man and he used to steal every valuable thing from the rich man. The rich man told his father to send him to robbers to teach him the trade of robbery or that he would kill himself and his the son.
    So the father sent him to robbers and they first thing they put him doing was to go up to the rich man's house. They tied him with a rope and they
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    Folktales index
    AT1525: The Master Thief
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katty Blake
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killard, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael Blake
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killard, Co. Clare