School: Órán Mór (B) (roll number 4506)

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   “Once upon a time there was a goat and she had four kids.”

   

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   the well and got drowned and that was the end of this cruel wolf.

   

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   “Once upon a time there was a little boy who was an only son.”

   

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   Once upon a time there was a little boy who was an only son. One day his father and mother went to the town nearby, and there was a field outside the house and they called it the hill. They put the cow out on the hill and they put the little boy to mind the cow. He was minding the cow. In the grass he saw a little glass door. He opened it and down he went. There was a big house below and a king and a whole lot of young people along with him. The King asked the little boy where he would like to go to Philadelphia and they were there in less than five minutes. The King asked him what would he like to bring home and he said he would like to bring an ounce of tobacco for his father at home in Derryherk in Ireland., "It is'nt an ounce

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máirtín O Mógáin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrowmoneash, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Pat Costello

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Glennascaul, Co. Galway