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School: Doire Gualann (roll number 14979)

Location:
Derrygoolin North, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Tórpaigh
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    get his daughter in marriage. Several people brought pigs heads and sheeps' heads but they did not satisfy him as to how they got them.
    Jack brought the seven-year old pig's head and the sheeps' heads and explained to the king how he got them. So the King's daughter and Jack were married and they lived happily ever afterwards.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1525: The Master Thief
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Antony Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrygoolin South, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Sammon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Derrygoolin South, Co. Galway