Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)

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1. The Three Wishes

   

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   The Three Wishes.

   There was a man and his woman living
   wan time about five miles to the north of Taghmon
   and they were not very well off so they hadn't
   much money but however they were fine and snug
   Well the luck turned against them this [time?]
   Anyhow and didn't wan of the two cows
   they had die and the other wan was by no
   means a good milker as she was fairly
   ould by this time. Well they serahed [?]
   a few half pence anyhow and set off for
   the fair expecting to get a good cow cheap
   as they were going along early in the
   fine summer's morning through Browns castle
   which is about two miles from Taghmon
   the day was about breaking and all of
   a sudden didn't the man spy a little
   Luricaun and he mending a lovely little
   golden shoe and he sitting on wan of them
   big yokes like mushrooms that you
   see growing out of a rotten tree and
   he hammering away delightfully.
   The man took a leap out of
   his body and grabbed the Luricaun by the

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   Item type

   Lore

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   AT0750A: The Wishes

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script