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   Master called him at an early hour and says he go into the barn and thresh that corn before your breakfast is ready. Donal commenced to thresh and with that two carts went past the barn door. Donal called to them to stop, he run out with a bag of wheat and put it on one cart and a bag of corn on the other. Says Donal to the cartmen sell that in the town, take me plenty of eating and drinking and keep a days pay for yourselves, so the cartmen came back and had plenty of eating and drinking to Donal so he sat down and took his breakfast and a couple of glasses of whiskey and commenced to thresh again. The Master came to the door when it was near stopping time. Says he is it not near stopping time, I don't know says Donal. Well says the Master you can `go in and sleep. So Donal came in and went to bed. At an early hour the Master called and told him to go into the barn and thresh the corn before your breakfast. So Donal sat down when he went into the barn and took his breakfast, drank some whiskey and commenced to thresh and to sing. The same two carts were coming past the barn door, he called to them to stop, he took out a bag of wheat and threw it on one cart, took out another bag and put it on the other cart. Says Donal to the cartmen sell that and take back the money

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   History Edit

   Folktales index

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   AT1002: Dissipation of the Ogre's Property,

   AT1029: The Woman as Cuckoo in the Tree

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Domhnall Mac a' Bhaird

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Leitir Tréin, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Seamus Ua Miodhcain

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Leitir Tréin, Co. Dhún na nGall