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School: Ceathrú na Laithighe (Brownsgrove) (roll number 12138)

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Brownsgrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó hAnnracháin
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  1. The Three Foolish Gentlemen (continued)

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    Do like a good man said he for we feel very tired. Go home said the dentist ye are nothing but three fools. You are a bigger fool said they to the dentist to draw our teeth for nothing.
    So they came home and their parents said, "ye are not long away". We had to come home they said because we could not get work. There was
    nothing doing but drawing teeth. So that is what the men got for sending their sons to college.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1697: “We Three; For Money.”
    AT1698: Deaf Persons and their Foolish Answers [Including other misunderstandings which occur when people converse.]
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowrevagh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Nora O' Conner
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Carrowrevagh More, Co. Galway