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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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   me go until I finish my work. Arent you soft said the boy, you won't tell me where is the gold is. I tell you I have no told," said the little man. The boy put some coal on the fire and he put the Leprecan on the griddle and he began to shout and roar. Let me out." said he and you will get a pot of gold under the big tree where I was sitting. The boy let him go and he vanished from his sight. He was not long gone when the boy got a spade and began to dig and dig but he got nothing. When the boy's father was coming home at night he heard a nose and laughing at the Lis and he heard someone say "they are looking for a pot of gold." The man ran home and told the story to his wife. He told her to stay at home and he would try. When she got the man gone she went a short way and was there before him. She fell down into the Lis and when the man came he heard her shouting and he had to go get the neighbours to bring her home. Her foot was broken and she was lame as long as she lived.

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Duffy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moate, Co. Westmeath