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School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer

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Knockerra, Co. Clare
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Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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  1. A Cure for Telling Lies

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    There was a girl there one time, she had habit of telling lies and she never spoke to anyone but she told a lie. So no one liked her for that reason. So one day she told the priest. He advised her to bring a little bag with her and every time she would tell a lie to pick up a stone and put it in the bag she did so and after a time she had a lot of lies told, but if she had, the bag was getting very heavy and she told no more lies after that.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tom Mulqueen
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Molougha, Co. Clare