School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:
Gort Mhic Shiurdáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Módhráin
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    went to one of the other doctors men who had a public house. Pat the Amadáin said that he could take three kinds out of one barrel of porter. The man of the house asked him how could he do it. Then the told him to wait until he came back and not to let anybody in Pat the Amadáin went to the Election and left him there. Then it was time for the election and one of the doctor men were missing and that was he who had his thumbs in the barrel. The doctor that Pat the Amadáin was in favour of had one man more than the other doctor. The other doctor was mad when there was one man missing and he went to the missing man's house. The man said that the would not be allowed in. The doctor burst in the door and there he found him
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    Folktales index
    AT1731: The Youth and the Pretty Shoes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Cavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cathair na mBroc, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Jack Dooly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cathair na mBroc, Co. Mhaigh Eo