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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (C.) (roll number 13501)

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Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Géaraidh
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    market to see it. He told him to bring back the skin and the price of it.
    When the young man reached the market he could not get anyone to buy the skin. The people only laughed at him when he asked the skin and the price.
    On his return journey he saw a young girl
    washing clothes beside a river. She asked him why he was so sad. He told her the reason. She took out her scissors and cut the wool off the skin. She then
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowlisdooaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowlisdooaun, Co. Mayo