School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis

Location:
Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An tSr. Máire
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  1. There was a man one time called Gobán Saor, and he had an only son, and he wanted him to get married. The son didn't know who to marry, and his father told him to marry a very clever girl. He told him to tell the girl he liked best, to come to see his father, and not to come in the dark, or in the daylight or not to walk on the road nor to walk on a field, or not to bring anyone with her or not to come alone. So the
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    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Degidon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Degidon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Moyriesk, Co. Clare