School: Cnoc Sacsan (roll number 16024)

Location:
Knocksaxon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Ó Faoláin
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    price for her. That night when his two comrades came in to visit him and asked him what happened to his mother he said he killed her and sold her at the market and got a great price for her. When his comrades went home each of them killed their mothers and brought them to the market went up and down the market square shouting at the top of their voices old hags for gun powder.
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    Folktales index
    AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jimmy Carney
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Tonra
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73