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  1. Mocley the Fool (continued)

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    away until he came to the king. "Sure you're not goin' to search me" says the king. "Why not" says Mocley "Everybody must be searched," so he searched him an' found the cup in his pocket an' held it up for everywan to see. The king was in an awful state then as he didn't know how the cup got into his pocket an' he was also ashamed to look anybody in the face.
    "I don't know how that cup got into my pocket" says he "it is very strange," "Not a bit more strange than how the child got into the princess," says Mocley the fool.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Date
    1935
    Item type
    Lore
    Folktales index
    AT0675: The Lazy Boy
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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