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1. Gobán Saor (continued)

   

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   story in this way and they had reached their destination before "Gobán Saor" had reached the point when the last grain of corn was carried away. The son was interested and never felt the journey waiting to hear the end of the story.

   

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2. How Gobán Saor Selected a Wife for His Son

   

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   When "Gobán Saor" decided that it was time for his son to get married, he sent him with the skin of a sheep to the market and told him to find a girl who could advise him, how to sell the skin of the sheep - so that he could have the skin and the price of it home with him. The son went to the market to carry out his father's instructions. He met many girls and asked their advice but all of them laughed at him and told him it was impossible. Late in the evening, he met a girl, who told him the thing was quite easy. She explained that he should shear the wool off the skin, sell the wool and put the skin in his pocket and that in this way, he would have home with him the skin and the price of it. The father decided that such an intelligent

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   Folktales index

   AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph P. Caron

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Tom Loftus

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   Killasser, Co. Mayo