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1. Jack and the Brown Horse (continued)

   

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   brown horse and started for home again. He was a long time going home home, for he took his time, but at last he reached it. He went straight to the king and gave him the three bottles of water. There was a man working at the palace and he was very deaf. So the king to test the water put some of it in his ears. The moment he did so the man was cured. The king knew then that he had got the right water, so he thanked Jack over and over again and gave him his thousand pounds. Jack told the king that he wasn't diserving of any thanks that is was the brown horse that did all the work. The king then sent for the grand lady and she came.

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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