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   80 There was a mother and her son living in a house. They had a cow. This day the boy's mother was talking about selling the cow. When the next morning came she told the boy that he was to go to the fair and sell the cow. He asked her what would he ask for the cow, she told him to ask the highest penny in the fair. So the boy went on to the fair. When he was a while in the fair a buyer came to him and asked him what he was asking for the cow, and he said "The highest penny in the fair so the buyer went up in the highest tree in the fair, and let a penny fall from the top of the tree and he said there is the highest penny in the fair for you. So the boy took home the penny. He told his mother that he got the highest penny in the fair. The mother was very vext with him and sent him back for the cow, but he could not

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ellen O' Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Maighean Uí Dheoráin, Co. Loch Garman

   Informant

   Martin O' Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   21

   Address

   Maighean Uí Dheoráin, Co. Loch Garman