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   in the hovel the next day and the same thing happened. The other two men came in with the bags of fowl. Jack the Bear said, "I will stay in the next day an when he had dinner read the cat cam in and said "Give me a bit of that or I will have you by the throat." Get along with and you and they began to fight. Jack pulled the tail off the cat an id was a ton weight.
   Then the other two men lowered Jack down into a pit. He opened a door and he saw a beautiful woman and a bag of gold and he raised them up. He went into a second room and he saw another beautiful woman and a big bag of gold and he sent them up. He went into a third woman three times as nice as the first and bigger bag of gold. He raised them up .The two men said "We better leave Jack below or he will have the biggest bag of gold and the nicest woman." The cam to get Jack and said "If you give me my tail I will bring you to the top." I will" he said so he gave the cat his tail. The cat said "Come up on my back" and he brought him to the top. Jack struck their heads together and he killed them. Jack went home and he built a new house. His mother said "What do you want three women for." He gave them to a man like Mr. Hyland and gave another to

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Walter Mc Nicholas

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mr James Carolan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   68

   Address

   Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo