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1. Farmer and Three Sons (continued)

   

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   high & my blessing go low & my blessing go with you wherever you go" so Jack went on to the little bridge where the two brothers met their fate so the little man came up to Jack & he asked him for a bit & Jack said he'd give him half what he had so Jack & the little man sat down & they ate anything they had & when they were done Jack said he was very thirsty & the little man says "Stir this little pond you see below & you can drink away so he stirred the little pond & the pond turned into wine so Jack drank a good deal of it. "Now he says there'll be a man coming down here in a few minutes 'el hire you" he says "Your work will be to plough what a greyhound will piss over in a day & when the greyhound 'el come

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   • James Coleman