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1. A Funny Story

   

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   A Funny Story. Many years ago there was a very poor man. He had only a half an acre of barley. One night a great storm came and destroyed his barley. He said that he would go and stuff the hole where the wind was coming from. He went on and the journey was very long. There was a lodging house on his way and he slept in the house. When next morning came he set off to stuff the hole. At last he came to a deep hole in the ground. He began to stuff it. A big man came to him and asked him what was he doing. He told him that the wind was coming out of the hole and that it destroyed all his barley. The fary man told him that he would give him an oven and whatever he wold

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nóra Ní Ghrialuis

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisheenkyle West, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Páidraig Ó Grialuis

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 50

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Lisheenkyle West, Co. Galway