School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

Location:: Lehid, Co. Kerry
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The Jealous Farmer

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There were three neighbours living near each other and two of them were jealous of the other man. He had a fine bullock and they said they would kill his bullock he had for ploughing to keep him down. They grabbed the animal and the man skinned him and brought him to town to sell the hide. When he was going to the town it was raining so he turned the inside out towards the rain. The birds were perching on it and he caught
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Folktales index

AT1119: The Ogre Kills his Own Children
AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant
AT1539: Cleverness and Gullibility
Language

English

Informant
Mike Macarty
Gender

Male
Age

63
Address

Bunaw, Co. Kerry

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