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1. The Dirty and Clean Sheep (continued)

   

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   in the kitchen had to go out. As each man was going out the men at the door said:
   "Mind that one, that's a clean sheep" or, "Mind that one that's a dirty sheep". There werea crowd outside the door and they they had red bags steeped in the cows' "group" and when a dirty sheep came out, they hit him with the dirty bags, but they let the clean sheep pass.
   "Slapping" and "The dirty and Clean Sheep" from : Frank Quinn Drumloughan aged 55.

   

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2. Marrying the Nine Daughters

   

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   Marrying the Nine Daughters. One man, the father, sits in the middle of the floor and is surrounded by his nine daughters who are well armed with sticks or belts. One man, (say a cobbler) comes in and says: "There comes and old cobbler so neat and so fine Coming to court your nine daughters divine" And the father replies: "I'll set my nine daughters Right down by my knee, and damn the old cobbler will get one from me You may ask no lodgings here, for you get no lodgings here, here, here.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. games
               1. wake games (~170)
         2. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Francis Keegan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Racullen, Co. Leitrim