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1. Old Stories - The Strap, the Mouse and the Bee (continued)

   

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   Once upon a time there was a widow and she had one son. The landlord was coming in the next few days to put them out. They had a cow and she sent her son to the fair with the cow to get some money to pay the landlord. He started with the cow to the fair of Kells and when he was gone a mile from home he came to a hill. He met a small man on the top of the hill. He asked the boy where he was going and he said he was going to the fair of Kells. He asked him how much would he take for the cow and the boy said ten pounds. "I will give you no money" said the small man "but I will give you a bee that will play

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ethel Regan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   10

   Informant

   James Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Ballycomoyle, Co. Westmeath