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1. Jack and the Brown Horse (continued)

   

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   So away they went and brought the three bottles with them. They came back in about an hour and gave the bottles to Jack full of water. Jack put a little of the water in each of the horses ear but he never stirred. "This is not world-end water" says Jack. So the three ravens started off again. They were away for nearly a week and Jack began to think they would never come back any more. At last they came back and had the three bottles full of water. Jack put some of it in the horse's ears, and the moment he did so the horse jumped up, and the poor ravens had to go away hungry. They were all burned about the breasts, going over the burning mountain, although they flew ever so high. Jack mounted the

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index—relevant types

   AT0531: Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Tomás de Buitléir