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1. The Boy and the Spoonful of Porridge (continued)

   

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   him. He threw a spoonful of porridge to the boy again and again but the boy still followed him.
   When he had all his porridge given to the boy he went back home and told his mother what he head done with the porridge. His mother told him he was a good boy and she made more porridge and sent it with him.
   This time he threw a spoonful of porridge to the boy again and again and when he went to the field where his brother was working he had no porridge left for him. Billy told Jack where he threw the porridge and Jack began to cry. jack saw the porridge going home and he understood the story. Jack told his mother about Billy throwing the porridge to his shadow and his mother made porridge for both of them.

   

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2. Ashypelt

   

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   Long ago there was a woman who had two daughters one very nice and the

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   Folktales index

   AT0431: The House in the Wood

   AT0480: The Spinning‑Women by the Spring. The Kind and the Unkind Girls.

   AT0510: Cinderella and Cap o' Rushes

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Mc Kenna

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tamlat, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Miss Mary Mc Kenna

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Address

   Tamlat, Co. Monaghan