School: Droichead na Dóinne (roll number 10261)

Location:
Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Scolaidhe
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    were you? I am waiting here all night. "The stranger could not speak with the fright. He asked Darby had he any story. He spoke and said he had a story while he lived The old man and the stranger went to bed. When Darby woke in the morning he was stretched in a field with his head on a bunch of rushes. Where-ever he went after that he had a story to tell.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT2412B: (The Man Who Had No Story)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Mahony
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Inisfea, Co. Kerry