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Séamus Mac Giobúin
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    Sweeney" in a field herding cattle, and said to him.
    "Where did you get the cattle or how did you come here?"
    "I got them in the hole you threw me into and I will get twice as much to-morrow if you throw me into it"
    "I will go before you", said "Big Sweeney. Big Sweeney got up early next mornign and went to th elake and Small Sweeney followed him. When Big cam to the lake h jumped into the hole and was drowned.
    That was the end of Big Sweeney.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Naughton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Knocknageeha, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Naughton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64