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1. The Piper and the Puca (continued)

   

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   him to Dunmore; and he threw the piper off at the little bridge, and then told him to get home, and then he said to him "you have two things that you never had before- you have sense and music". The piper went home and he knocked at his mother's door saying "Let me in, I'm as rich as a Lord, and I'm the best piper in Ireland". "You're drunk" says the mother. "No indeed" said the piper, "I haven't drunk a drop".
   The mother let him in and he gave her the gold pieces. "Wait now" said he, "till you hear the music I play".
   He buckled on the pipes but instead of music there came a sound a if all the geese and ganders in Ireland were screeching together. He wakened all the neighbours, and they were all mocking him, until he put on the old pipes, and then he played melodious music for them. After that he told them all he had gone through that night. The next morning when his mother went to look at the gold pieces, there was nothing but the leaves of a plant.
   The piper went to the priest and told him his story, but the priest would not believe

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ni Ailledéa

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Dunmore, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Philomena Keelaghan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Seanachaidh, Co. Mayo