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   “There was a woman one time lived in the County Wexford.”

   

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   for he had a few shillings a week and he could afford to send some home to the wife who wanted it bad enough. John worked away with the farmer for the three years and when that time was up the farmer told him that he didn't want him any more, and told him he would have to go home to his wife and he paid him whatever money was comin' to him. Then the farmer asked John what way was he travelling home and John said he was going by boat to the Co. Waterford, and then he said he would go the rest of the journey by foot. The farmer then gave him a loaf of bread and told him not to eat it until he would arrive home. He also told him not to go on any boat that there would be rats in and not to

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   History Edit

   Date

   1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index—relevant types

   AT0311: Rescue by the Sister

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • William Doyle