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   home Big Seáinín asked him where he got all the money and he answered "I got all the money for my cow's hide" "If I killed a cow would I get it for her?" "You would of course you fool." "And where would I sell it?" "In the market of course." Big Seáinín only got 7/6 for it and he said he would kill Little Seáinín but he would not kill him because his mother was dead. Small Seáinín left his dead mother at the pump where they were taking water and he went into a Public House and told the man to tell her come in. The man shook her into the pump.
   "O Bhó my mother is dead said Little Seáinín. "Here is £200 said the shopkeeper and say nothing about it. He came away home and big Seáinín found out he had the money. "When did you get all the money Little Seáinín."? "I got it for my mother" "and if I killed my mother would I get it for her?" "You would of course isn't your mother bigger and stronger than Mine!" "Where would I sell her?" "In the market of course!" "And what would I say?" "Old Beef." Policemen summoned him and he got three months imprisonment.
   When he came out he put Small Seáinín into a bag to drown him and Little Seáinín

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   AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Tom Hassett

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Hassett

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   56

   Address

   Fountain, Co. Clare

   Informant

   William Hassett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Fountain, Co. Clare