School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

Location:
Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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    with the horns on his head he began to make a noise so that the man of the house came with a light to see what it was.
    When he saw the animal on the floor he almost fainted. The robber called out to him to let him out or he would take the house on his back.
    He opened the door and let him out he crept on his hands and feet through the snow he soon got the tracks of the robbers. Then he threw the skin across his shoulders and started out after the robbers.
    Soon he came to wood and in the wood he saw a light a little distance from him. When he came to the house it was his fathers home.
    He received him and took him in and gave him his supper. Next day this rich man came to his fathers house and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Folktales index
    AT0950: Rhampsinitus
    AT1525: The Master Thief
    Language
    English