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School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

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Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0218, Page 049

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    stayed outside the house, and the two young pair never felt the time passing until it was ten o'clock, and time for the father to be coming home from the neighbouring house.
    Anyhow, the father came home; and when the young girl heard her father she didn't know what to do with the boy. They planned it anyway for to put the boy into an oven, and stay there until her father would go to bed, and then he could go out
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1360B: Flight of the Woman and her Lover from the Stable
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Tom Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim