School: Leitir Sean-Bhoth (roll number 12900)

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1. Ash-Pet Jack (continued)

   

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   the last day was far better than the first.
   And I got brogues of butter and creeks of glass
   And I came slithering home on my ass;
   And if you had been there,
   You would have got your share;
   For I was looking at all that.

   

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2. Donn Mhac Dífre and Dubh Mhac Dífre

   

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   Long, long ago, there lived a fisherman and his wife and they had no family. He was out fishing one day and he caught a fish. A voice from the bottom of the river told him that he was to give the fish to his wife to eat and that two sons would be born to her on that day, nine months and they were to be called Donn Mac Difre and Dubh Mac Difre.

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   Folktales index

   AT0302: The Ogre's (Devil's) Heart in the Egg

   AT0303: The Twins or Blood‑Brothers

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mícheál S. Mac Aoidh

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Einrí Ó Maoinigh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 60

   Address

   Cloghan More, Co. Donegal