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School: Baile Ard

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Ballard, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 175

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    tied a bag to another rope and they let him down the chimney. When he had the bag filled the robbers pulled up the bag and they cut the other rope and they left the man below and they went away then. The man below did not know how he would get out. Then he saw a skin if a goat hanging on the door. He put it on him and he began kicking buckets and pans around the house. The man of the house got up and when he saw the thing going around the house He ran into his wife and he said to her "O
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    History Edit
    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