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School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 002

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  1. Tinkers (continued)

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    tents made with bags in the summer-time. Most of those are great drinkers men, women and children, they are also smokers.
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  2. A Story of the Wise Old Man's Son

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    Long long ago there lived a king in Ireland who made a law that every man at sixty years would be put to death the way that there would be no one living who would know as much as himself. He got his plans all carried out and the death he gave was that they were all to be hung. He had them all done away with only one
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    Folktales index
    AT0852: The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, “That is a Lie.”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Duignan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corracramph South, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Mc Kiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Corracramph South, Co. Leitrim