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School: Burnchurch, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 7312)

Location:
Grange, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Gearailt
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    the chimney.
    The wife became very angry of what he was wishing for, and she said "I wish they hung on your nose. Soon they hung on the poor man's nose. The poor man began to shake them and he said "I wish they fell off my nose and go up the chimney to the place they came from. So, that was the three wishes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0750A: The Wishes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Farmley, Co. Kilkenny