School: Cora Caitlín (B.)

Location:: Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
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A Funny Story

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The fox is a very clever animal. Once upon a time he played a very clever trick on a farmer. He went in through the window of a fowl-house one day, and he ate so much fowl that he could not get through the window again. So he laid down and pretended to be dead. When the farmer went in to the fowl-house in the evening, he was shocked to see his fowl gone and the fox dead as he thought. He went for a fork to throw him out but when he came back the fox was gone.
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Topics
1. genre
  verbal arts (~1,483)
  jokes (~6,086)
Folktales index

AT0033: The Fox Plays Dead and is Thrown out of the Pit and Escapes
Language

English
Collector
Seán Ó Síoda
Gender

Male
Age

13

Informant
John Tuohy
Gender

Male
Age

65
Address

Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare

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