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1. Gobán Saor

   

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   In olden times there lived a man called the Gobán Saor. He was a very clever man and he had only one son. The son was not very clever and the Gobán Saor would like to get a clever wife for his son. One day the Gobán Saor gave a sheep's skin to his son and he told him to sell it at the market and to bring home the skin and the price of it. When he went to the market he met a man and the man asked him how much did he want for the skin. He

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Lehane

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knocknaloman, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Patrick Lehane

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Knocknaloman, Co. Cork