School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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    and away I went with my head under my oxter and my two shin bones in my pocket and I never stopped running till I met a man burying three dead asses and I told that there was a shower of hags going to fall. He said "You should have said that they may never come up again". He beat me and kicked me and when I got away from him I sauntered on until I came to a man sowing wheat. "That they may never come up" said I. The man was very angry and he told me that
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    Folktales index
    AT1696: “What Should I have Said (Done)?”
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