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    fault because she did not tell him she had killed three gentlemen. Every time he came back she pretended it was the same man.
    At last for the third time he approached the graveyard with the gentleman very angry.
    On his journey he met a shepherd boy who inquired of him what he was doing all night. He answered "Burying ministers". At once the boy ran to tell his father (who was a minister). The father putting on a white gown ran to the graveyard to see the man.
    When the poor man saw him he killed him immediately with his spade, thinking it was the gentleman escaping again after burying him three times.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1536B: The Three Hunchback Brothers Drowned
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Flanagan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullagower, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Flanagan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullagower, Co. Clare