School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)
- Location:
- An Tuar, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 182
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- Once upon a time there lived a man who had one son. The son was an "amadan" and the father wished that he would be married to a clever girl.
One day the father sent him to a fair with a sheepskin and he told him to sell the skin and to bring back the skin and the money.
The son went to the fair and it was not long until a buyer came along. The son said that he should get the money for the skin and the skin back again.
The buyer reported that there was an amadan at the fair who was selling a sheep skin and he wanted(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Feadán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr Edward Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Feadán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
