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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

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Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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    and she killed the hens and roasted them. Six oclock came but there was no sign of the man coming. At last the doctor said he would go out along the road till he would see was he coming and for her to have the hens ready for them when they would come back. As soon as he went out the cook ran to the place where a barrel of whiskey was kept so she began to drink and the [?] of it was that she was drunk. At last she thought she would taste
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1741: The Priest's Guest and the Eaten Chickens
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Bonner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Charles Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal