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   for a little while talking. Then the Englishman said that it was a fine bridge, and the Yankee said that it was the biggest bridge in the world. "It isn't" said the Clareman, "our bridge is the biggest in the world, Six-mile-bridge."

   

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2. Scéal Grinn

   

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   Once upon a time a farmer had two labourers working for him. One day they had a herring for their dinner between them. As they were eating, the farmer came in. He had a fat pig to be killed and he asked one of the men, "what time of the year is it right to kill a pig." One said, "When the moon is swelling." Then he asked the other man who said, "It is right to kill a pig when you see a herring between two for dinner."

   

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3. Scéal Grinn

   

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   Once upon a time three men passed along a marsh. They met another man whom they killed. There was a guard looking at them

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   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. scéalta grinn (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Thomas Grimes

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Míleac, Co. an Chláir