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   “There was a man wan time and he was married.”

   

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   told them about all he went through comin home. He told them about the loaf of bread and what the man told him not to eat it until he got home. So when they were sittin down to their supper the wife got a knife and cut up the loaf of bread. When she was cuttin the centre of it a note fell out and when she opened tit she saw two fifty pound notes of it. You may bet there was great fair than when they all saw that. They invited the neighbours there and they had a great dance that night. John bought a few acres of land and it wasn't long until he was as big a farmer as any of the neighbours. and himself and his wife and family lived happy ever afterwards.

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   History Edit

   Date

   1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Seán Dillon