School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)

Location:
Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Tuairisc
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    to bed again when he was tired kicking. One of the men came in again and told that he was a man of courage. I was one time the owner of this castle he said. I evicted a poor widow woman and her family. I have to remain here until that woman and her family are reinstated in their homes. That was my son who sent you here and go back now and tell him to do what I have told you. So in the morning when the gentleman came to the castle he found the beggar in good cheer and the beggar told the gentleman what he had seen and heard.
    So the gentleman did as he was told. He reinstated
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Biggins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloondaver, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Joseph Biggins
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cloondaver, Co. Mayo