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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 192

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    hole through the roof with his paws and teeth and jumped down to where the geese were. He never stopped eating until he them all. When he had them all eaten he went to get out again. He could not get up to the roof so he thought of another plan. He lay down on the ground and stretched out as if he were dead. When the owner came in and saw him he said, ah, I have you now, and he threw him out, and off ran the fox.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0033: The Fox Plays Dead and is Thrown out of the Pit and Escapes
    AT0041: The Wolf Overeats in the Cellar
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Carson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Carson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo