School: Cruimghlinn (roll number 15967)

Location:
Crumlin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conchobhair
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    a week.” The man agreed. Twas and old custom in those days for all tenants to give a day's work to the landlord each year.
    One day the landlord called some of his tenants. One of his tenants had a mare and cart, there was a foal with the mare. They were carting hay, and the landlord told the man to put the foal into the paddock and there was a bullock there, and the foal mated with the bullock. In the evening, when the man thought to get the foal out of the paddock, he could not bring him from the bullock.
    The landlord came on and asked him what was he doing, and the man
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    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    AT1539: Cleverness and Gullibility
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Grimes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crumlin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Pat Moran
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ross East, Co. Mayo