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    on the man. The Gobán Saor told his employer that he forgot an instrument which he wanted badly. The man said he would send his own son to Ireland and get it., The mason said he would not get it as he did not know where it was. Then the mason for his employer's son and his own son to go to Ireland and get the instrument. So the two sons sailed to Ireland and went to the Gobán Soar's house. They stayed in the house for a few days and then the Gobán Soar's son told his mother what was going to happen them when when they had the house built. The mason's wife was as cute as the mason himself. She brought the man's son upstairs
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Mooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Charlie Mooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan