School: Cuinche

Location:
Quin, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Gríobhtha
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  1. Once upon a time there lived a man, and his wife. They had twelve sons, and they all lived happily together. But it happened that the mother died. The father got married again. But his second wife was very cruel to her stepsons.
    They were having a big party one night, and she put the twelve boys in an out house. One of the boys was dull and stupid. The foolish boy said to the rest "Let us try to come out of here, she will surely burn us tonight.
    They all escaped and shortly after the barn was on fire. The boys travelled on until the came to a twelve cross road. They each took a different
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caherkine, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Mac Namara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Caherkine, Co. Clare