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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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    came out, the horse was lying dead, and he gave a young man five shillings to skin him and bury him. While the horse was askinning he sobered up and got up and made for home. The old whiskey maker had sheep died that year and he had all their skins left by, so, he took and sewed them all on the old horse and the grew together, and the next year he went to the fair of Brockagh, and he sold him for an old sheep.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1911A: Horse's New Backbone
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Curran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killymasny, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Frank Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killymasny, Co. Donegal