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Once upon a time there lived a man and he had two sons and he had not much to do so he gave his sons five cows and told them to go and as they went along one said to the other "I bet the lie will go farther than the truth".

Abstract: Story collected by Tadg Fahy, a student at Beárna Dhearg (B) school (Barnaderg, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0026/3/34

 Beárna Dhearg (B) [Vol. 0026, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Fahy, Tadg 
Gender
male
Location
Galway (County) 

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Origin information
Barnaderg, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 0165-0169
Volume 0026
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Flaithrí Ó Súilleabháin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
School location
Barnaderg Bearna Dhearg Barnaderg Killererin Clare Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4571709
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0026/3/34

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Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Flaithrí Ó Súilleabháin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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