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   “There was once two brothers. One of them was a drunkard.”

   

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   They found the man and they made a better supper out of him.

   Told by:- Martin C Clark
   Slievebrack,
   Foxford.

   Age:- 50 years.
   Occupation:- Farmer.
   Where born:- Slievebrack
   Where he spent his life:- At home.
   Collected by: Annie Brogan, Stonehall, Foxford.

   

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   “Once upon a time there lived in a forge a blacksmith and his wife and mother.”

   

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   Once upon a time there lived in a forge a blacksmith and his wife and mother. One day a fairy came along and asked the forge from the blacksmith for a few hours to put a shoe on his horse. The blacksmith agreed. The fairy began to shoe the horse by cutting the leg off the horse. When he had the shoe on the leg he put the leg on again. The fairy went away. After the fairy was gone the blacksmith went out to his field to where his horse was grazing. He cut the leg off his horse and brought it to his forge. When he had the shoe on he brought the leg back again. He

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   Folktales index

   AT0753: Christ and the Smith

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Brogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Stonehall, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Patrick Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   75

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Knockmore, Co. Mayo