School: Cruimghlinn (roll number 15967)

Location:
Crumlin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conchobhair
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    hook, and you will go out to that pond at the end of the lane, and be fishing there when the landlord returns. He will say to you, “what are you doing there” and let you say “fishing my Lord.” The landlord will say “for what, and let you say for trout my Lord, and the landlord will say “Dont you know there is no trout there, and let you say, is not it as easy for a trout to to be there as a bullock to have a mare foal. The landlord will say “who told you to answer me like that and let you say nobody. Then the landlord will drive on to his own house.” The man did as the servant told him and
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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