School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)"Gee up, my five horses". And Big Clause hit Little Clause's horse and killed him.
Little Clause skinned his horse and brought the skin off and sold it for a bushel of money. Little Clause told Big Clause about the big price he got for the horse's skin. So Big Clause killed his four horses and went off to the town.
When he went in to the town all the people ran him. Big Clause went home and told Little Clause the story. Big Clause got a sack and put Little Clause into it and brought him off to drown him. He thought Little Clause was very heavy.
He was passing the Church and prayers were going on, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Keadeen, Co. Wicklow
