School: Druim Muc (roll number 12861)
- Location:
- Corderrybane, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ní Chuinneagáin
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- (continued from previous page)led it home by a string." "I will do so next time," said Jack.
The next day Jack got a leg of lamb. He tied it to a string, and dragged it after him through the mud. When he got home the leg of lamb was spoiled. The mother said, "Why did you not carry it on your back." "I will do so the next time," said Jack.
The next day he got a donkey, so he put the donkey on his back, with its legs up in the air. On his way home he had to pass a king's house. The king had a daughter, who could not laugh. He said he would give a purse of gold to the person who made her laugh.
The girl saw Jack with the donkey on his back, and he looked so funny that the girl burst out laughing. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pól Ó Carrathar
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corderryduff, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr B. Hanratty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Clare Oghill, Co. Monaghan
