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042 - Munachar and Manachar - Donald and his Neighbours · Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

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  Speaker 1: Section forty one of Fairy and Folk Tales of the
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  Speaker 1: Irish Peasantry. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings
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  Speaker 1: Lake City, Utah. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry,
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  Speaker 1: edited and selected by W. B. Yates. Section forty one.
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  Speaker 1: Mounacar and Monocar and Donald and his Neighbors Mounacar and
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  Speaker 1: Monocar translated literally from the Irish by Douglas Hyde. There
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  Speaker 1: once lived a Moonacar and a Monocar a long time ago,
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  Speaker 1: and it is a long time since it was. And
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  Speaker 1: if they were alive, then they would not be alive now.
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  Speaker 1: They went out together to pick raspberries, and as many
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  Speaker 1: as Mounacar used to pick, Mancar used to eat. Said
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  Speaker 1: he must go look for a rod to make a
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  Speaker 1: gad a withy band to hang Manikar, who ate his
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  Speaker 1: raspberries every one. And he came to the rod God,
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  Speaker 1: save you, said the rod God, and Mary save you.
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  Speaker 1: How far are you going going looking for a rod
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  Speaker 1: a rid to make a gad a gad to hang manicar,
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  Speaker 1: who ate my raspberries? Every one you will not get me,
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  Speaker 1: said the rod, until you get an axe to cut me.
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  Speaker 1: He came to the axe, God save you, said the axe,
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  Speaker 1: God and Mary save you. How far are you going
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  Speaker 1: going looking for an axe, an axe to cut a rod,
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  Speaker 1: a rod to make a gad, a gad to hang monicar,
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  Speaker 1: who ate my raspberries? Every one you will not get me,
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  Speaker 1: said the axe, until you get a flag to edge me.
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  Speaker 1: He came to the flag, God save you, says the flag,
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  Speaker 1: God and Mary save you. How far are you going
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  Speaker 1: going looking for an axe, axe to cut a rod,
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  Speaker 1: a rod to make a gad, a gad to hang monicar,
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  Speaker 1: who ate my raspberries? Every one you will not get me,
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  Speaker 1: says the flag. Till you get water to wet me.
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  Speaker 1: He came to the water, God save you, says the water.
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  Speaker 1: God and Mary save you. How far are you going
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  Speaker 1: going looking for water, water to wet flag to edge, axe,
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  Speaker 1: axe to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad,
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  Speaker 1: a gad to hang monicar, who ate my raspberries? Everyone
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  Speaker 1: you will not get me, said the water. Until you
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  Speaker 1: get a deer who will swim me. He came to
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  Speaker 1: the deer God, save you, says the deer god, And
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  Speaker 1: Mary save you. How far are you going going looking
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  Speaker 1: for a deer deer to swim water, to wet flag, flag,
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  Speaker 1: to edge axe, axe, to cut a rod, a rod
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  Speaker 1: to make a gad, a gad to hang Manicar, who
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  Speaker 1: ate my raspberries? Every one you will not get me,
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  Speaker 1: said the deer, until you get a hound who will
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  Speaker 1: hunt me. He came to the hound God, Save you,
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  Speaker 1: says the hound God. And Mary save you. How far
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  Speaker 1: are you going going looking for a hound hound to
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  Speaker 1: hunt deer dear to swim water, water, to wet flag, flag,
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  Speaker 1: to edge axe, axe, to cut a rod, a rod,
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  Speaker 1: to make a gad, a gad to hang Manikar, who
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  Speaker 1: ate my raspberries? Every one you will not get me,
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  Speaker 1: said the hound. Until you get a bit of butter
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  Speaker 1: to put in my claw. He came to the butter God,
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  Speaker 1: Save you, says the butter God. And Mary save you.
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  Speaker 1: How far are you going going looking for butter butter
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  Speaker 1: to go in claw of hound hound to hunt deer dear,
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  Speaker 1: to swim water, water, to wet flag, flag, to edge, axe, axe,
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  Speaker 1: to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad,
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  Speaker 1: a gad to hang Manikar, who ate my raspberries? Every
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  Speaker 1: one you will not get me, said the butter, until
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  Speaker 1: you get a cat who shall scrape me. He came
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  Speaker 1: to the cat god, save you, said the cat god,
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  Speaker 1: and Mary save you. How far are you going going
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  Speaker 1: looking for a cat cat to scrape butter butter? To
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  Speaker 1: go in claw of hound hound, to hunt deer, dear,
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  Speaker 1: to swim water, water, to wet flag, flag, to edge, axe, axe,
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  Speaker 1: to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad,
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  Speaker 1: gad to hang Nanikar, who ate my raspberries? Every one
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  Speaker 1: you will not get me, said the cat, until you
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  Speaker 1: will get milk, which you will give me. He came
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  Speaker 1: to the cow god, save you, said the cow god,
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  Speaker 1: and Mary save you. How far are you going going
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  Speaker 1: looking for a cow cow to give me milk? Milk
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  Speaker 1: I will give to the cat cat to scrape butter, butter,
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  Speaker 1: to go in claw of hound hound, to hunt deer, deer,
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  Speaker 1: to swim water, water, to wet flag, flag, to edge, axe, axe,
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  Speaker 1: to cut a rod, a rod, to make a gad,
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  Speaker 1: a gad to hang Manachar, who ate my raspberries, every one.
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  Speaker 1: You will not get any milk from me, said the cow,
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  Speaker 1: until you bring me a wisp of straw from those thrushers. Yonder,
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  Speaker 1: he came to the thrushers, God save you, said the thrushers,
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  Speaker 1: God and Mary save ye. How far are you going
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  Speaker 1: going looking for a wisp of straw from ye to
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  Speaker 1: give to the cow, the cow to give me milk.
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  Speaker 1: Milk I will give to the cat, cat to scrape butter, butter,
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  Speaker 1: to go in claw of hound, hound, to hunt deer, deer,
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  Speaker 1: to swim water, water, to wet, flag, flag, to edge, axe, axe,
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  Speaker 1: to cut a rod, a rod to make a gad,
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  Speaker 1: a gad to hang manachar, who ate my raspberries? Every one,
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  Speaker 1: you will not get any wisp of straw from us,
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  Speaker 1: said the thrushers, until you bring us the makings of
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  Speaker 1: a cake from the miller. Over yonder, he came to
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  Speaker 1: the miller, God save you, God and Mary save you.
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  Speaker 1: How far are you going going looking for the makings
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  Speaker 1: of a cake, which I will give to the thrushers
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  Speaker 1: the thrushers to give me a wisp of straw. The
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  Speaker 1: wisp of straw I will give to the cow, the
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  Speaker 1: cow to give me milk. Milk. I will give to
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  Speaker 1: the cat. Cat to scrape butter, butter to go in
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  Speaker 1: claw of hound, hound, to hunt deer, deer, to swim water,
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  Speaker 1: water to wet, flag, flag to edge, axe, axe, to
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  Speaker 1: cut a rod, a rod to make a gad, a
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  Speaker 1: gad to hang Manachar, who ate my raspberries every one.
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  Speaker 1: You will not get any makings of a cake from me,
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  Speaker 1: said the miller, till you bring me the full of
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  Speaker 1: that sieve of water from the river over there. He
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  Speaker 1: took the sieve in his hand and went over to
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  Speaker 1: the river, but as often as ever he would stoop
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  Speaker 1: and fill it with water. The moment he raised it,
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  Speaker 1: the water would run out of it again. And sure,
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  Speaker 1: if he had been there from that day till this,
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  Speaker 1: he never could have filled it. A crow went flying
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  Speaker 1: by him over his head, Dab dab, said the crow,
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  Speaker 1: my soul to God. Then said Monikar, but it's the
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  Speaker 1: good advice you have. And he took the red clay
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  Speaker 1: and the daub that was by the brink, and he
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  Speaker 1: rubbed it to the bottom of the sieve until all
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  Speaker 1: the holes were filled, and then the sieve held the water,
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  Speaker 1: and he brought the water to the miller, and the
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  Speaker 1: miller gave him the makings of a cake, and he
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  Speaker 1: gave the makings of the cake to the thrushers. And
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  Speaker 1: the threshers gave him a wisp of straw. And he
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  Speaker 1: gave the wisp of straw to the cow, and the
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  Speaker 1: cow gave him milk. The milk he gave to the cat.
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  Speaker 1: The cat scraped the butter. The butter went into the
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  Speaker 1: claw the hound. The hound hunted the deer. The deer
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  Speaker 1: swam the water. The water what the flag? The flag
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  Speaker 1: sharpened the axe, The axe cut the rod, and the
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  Speaker 1: rod made a gad. And when he had it ready,
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  Speaker 1: I'll go bail. That monocar was far enough away from him.
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  Speaker 1: There is some tale like this in almost every language.
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  Speaker 1: It resembles that given in that splendid work of industry
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  Speaker 1: and patriotism, Campbell's Tail of the West Highlands under the
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  Speaker 1: name of Munachug and Minuchug. The English house that Jack built,
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  Speaker 1: says Campbell, has eleven steps. The Scotch old woman with
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  Speaker 1: the silver penny has twelve. The Knof's cock and hen
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  Speaker 1: Anotting has twelve, ten of which are double. The German
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  Speaker 1: story in Grimm has five or six all single ideas. This, however,
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  Speaker 1: is longer than any of them. It sometimes varies a
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  Speaker 1: little in the telling, and the actor's names are sometimes
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  Speaker 1: Serraca and Morocca, and the crow is sometimes a gull
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  Speaker 1: who instead of dab dab says Cora craiula lessee. Donald
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  Speaker 1: and his neighbors from Hibernian tales, Hutton and Dudden and
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  Speaker 1: Donald o'nery were near neighbors in the barony of balin
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  Speaker 1: Conlich and plowed with three bullocks. But the two former,
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  Speaker 1: envying the present prosperity of the latter, determined to kill
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  Speaker 1: his bullock to prevent his farm being properly cultivated, and
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  Speaker 1: labored that going back in the world, he might be
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  Speaker 1: induced to sell his lands, which they meant to get
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  Speaker 1: possession of. Poor Donald, finding his bullock killed, immediately skinned
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  Speaker 1: it and, throwing the skin over his shoulder, with the
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  Speaker 1: fleshy side out, set off to the next town with
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  Speaker 1: it to dispose of it to the best of his advantage.
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  Speaker 1: Going along the road, a magpie flew on top of
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  Speaker 1: the hide and began picking it, chattering all the time.
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  Speaker 1: The bird had been taught to speak and imitate the
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  Speaker 1: human voice, and Donald, thinking he understood some words it
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  Speaker 1: was saying, put round his hand and caught hold of it.
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  Speaker 1: Having got possession of it, he put it under his greatcoat,
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  Speaker 1: and so he went on to town. Having sold the hide,
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  Speaker 1: he went into an inn to take a dram and
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  Speaker 1: following the landlady into the cellar, he gave the bird
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  Speaker 1: a squeeze, which made it chatter some broken accents that
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  Speaker 1: surprised her very much. What is that I hear, said
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  Speaker 1: she to Donald. I think it is talk, and yet
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  Speaker 1: I do not underst stand. Indeed, said Donald, it is
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  Speaker 1: a bird I have that tells me everything, and I
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  Speaker 1: always carry it with me to know when there is
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  Speaker 1: any danger, faith, says he. It says you have far
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  Speaker 1: better liquor than you are giving me. That is strange,
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  Speaker 1: said she, going to another cask of better quality, and
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  Speaker 1: asking him if he would sell the bird. I will,
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  Speaker 1: said Donald, if I get enough for it. I will
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  Speaker 1: fill your hat with silver if you leave it with me.
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  Speaker 1: Donald was glad to hear the news, and taking the silver,
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  Speaker 1: set off, rejoicing at his good luck. He had not
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  Speaker 1: been long at home until he met with Huddon, and
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  Speaker 1: dudden mister said he you thought you had done me
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  Speaker 1: a bad turn, but you could not have done me
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  Speaker 1: a better for look here what I have got for
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  Speaker 1: the hide, showing them a hatful of silver. You never
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  Speaker 1: saw such a demand for hides in your life as
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  Speaker 1: there is at present. Huddon and Duddon that very night
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  Speaker 1: killed their bullets and set out the next morning to
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  Speaker 1: sell their hides. On coming to the place, they went
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  Speaker 1: through all the merchants, but could only get a trifle
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  Speaker 1: for them. At last they had to take what they
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  Speaker 1: could get and came home in a great rage and
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  Speaker 1: vowing revenge on poor Donald. He had a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: guess how matters would turn out, and he being under
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  Speaker 1: the kitchen window, he was afraid they would rob him
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  Speaker 1: or perhaps kill him when asleep, And on that account,
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  Speaker 1: when he was going to bed, he left his old
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  Speaker 1: mother in his place and lay down in her bed,
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  Speaker 1: which was in the other side of the house. And they,
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  Speaker 1: taking the old woman for Donald, choked her in bed,
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  Speaker 1: but he making some noise. They had to retreat and
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  Speaker 1: leave the money behind them, which grieved them very much. However,
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  Speaker 1: by daybreak Donald got his mother on his back and
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  Speaker 1: carried her to town, stopping at a well. He fixed
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  Speaker 1: his mother with her staff as if she was stooping
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  Speaker 1: for a drink, and then went into a public house
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  Speaker 1: convenient and called for a dram I wish, He said
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  Speaker 1: to a woman that stood near him, you would tell
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  Speaker 1: my mother to come in. She is at yon well
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  Speaker 1: trying to get a drink, and she is hard of hearing.
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  Speaker 1: If she does not observe you, give her a little
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  Speaker 1: shake and tell her that I want her. The woman
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  Speaker 1: called her several times, but she seemed to take no notice.
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  Speaker 1: At length, she went to her and shook her by
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  Speaker 1: the arm. But when she let her go again, she
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  Speaker 1: tumbled on her head into the well, and as the
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  Speaker 1: woman thought was drowned, she, in her great surprise and
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  Speaker 1: fear at the accident, told Donald what had happened, Oh mercy,
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  Speaker 1: said he, what is this? He ran and pulled her
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  Speaker 1: out of the well, weeping and lamenting all the time,
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  Speaker 1: and acting in such a manner that you would imagine
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  Speaker 1: that he had lost his senses. The woman, on the
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  Speaker 1: other hand, was far worse than Donald, for his grief
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  Speaker 1: was only feigned, but she imagined herself to be the
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  Speaker 1: case of the old woman's death. The inhabitants of the town,
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  Speaker 1: hearing what had happened, agreed to make Donald up a
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  Speaker 1: good sum of money for his loss. As the accident
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  Speaker 1: happened in their place, and Donald brought a greater sum
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  Speaker 1: home with him than he got for the magpie. They
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  Speaker 1: buried Donald's mother, and as soon as he saw Huddon,
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  Speaker 1: he showed them the last purse of money he had got.
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  Speaker 1: You thought to kill me last night, said he, But
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  Speaker 1: it was good for me. It happened on my mother,
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  Speaker 1: for I got all that purse for her to make gunpowder.
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  Speaker 1: That very night Huddon and Dudden killed their mothers, and
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  Speaker 1: the next morning set off with them to town. On
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  Speaker 1: coming to the town with their burthen on their backs,
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  Speaker 1: they went up and down, crying who will buy old
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  Speaker 1: wives for gunpowder? So that everyone laughed at them, and
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  Speaker 1: the boys at last clotted them out of the place.
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  Speaker 1: Then they saw the cheat and vowed revenge on Donald,
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  Speaker 1: buried the old women, and set off in pursuit of him.
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  Speaker 1: Coming to his house, they found him sitting at his breakfast, and,
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  Speaker 1: seizing him, put him in a sack and went to
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  Speaker 1: drown him in a river. At some distance. As they
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  Speaker 1: were going along the highway, they raised a hare which
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  Speaker 1: they saw had but three feet, and, throwing off the sack,
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  Speaker 1: ran after her, thinking by her appearance she would be
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  Speaker 1: easily taken. In their absence, there came a drover that way, and,
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  Speaker 1: hearing Donald singing in the sack, wondered greatly what could
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  Speaker 1: be the matter. What is the reason? Said he, that
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  Speaker 1: you are singing and you confined. Oh I am going
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  Speaker 1: to heaven, said Donald, and in a short time I
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  Speaker 1: expect to be free from trouble. Oh dear, said the drover.
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  Speaker 1: What will I give you if you let me take
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  Speaker 1: your place? Indeed, I do not know, said he. It
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  Speaker 1: would take a good sum. I have not much money,
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  Speaker 1: said the drover, but I have twenty head of fine cattle,
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  Speaker 1: which I will give you to exchange places with me. Well,
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  Speaker 1: says Donald, I do not care if I should lose
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  Speaker 1: the sack, and I will come out in a moment.
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  Speaker 1: The drover liberated him and went into the sack himself,
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  Speaker 1: and Donald drove home the fine heifers and left them
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  Speaker 1: in his pasture. Huddon and Duddon, having caught the hare, returned, and,
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  Speaker 1: getting the sack on one of their backs, carried Donald,
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  Speaker 1: as they thought, to the river, and threw him in
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  Speaker 1: where he immediately sank. They then marched home, intending to
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  Speaker 1: take immediate possession of Donald's property. But how great was
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  Speaker 1: their surprise when they found him safe at home before them,
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  Speaker 1: with such a fine herd of cattle, whereas they knew
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  Speaker 1: he had none before. Donald said they, what is all this?
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  Speaker 1: We thought you were drowned, and yet you are here
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  Speaker 1: before us. Ah said he, If I had but help
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  Speaker 1: along with me when you threw me in, it would
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  Speaker 1: have been the best job ever I met with. For
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  Speaker 1: of all the sight of cattle and gold that ever
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  Speaker 1: was seen is there, and no one to own them.
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  Speaker 1: But I was not able to manage more than what
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  Speaker 1: you see, and I could show you the spot where
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  Speaker 1: you might get hundreds. They both swore they would be
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  Speaker 1: his friend, and Donald accordingly led them to a very
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  Speaker 1: deep part of the river and lifted up a stone.
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  Speaker 1: Now said he watch this, throwing it into the stream.
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  Speaker 1: There is the very place, and go in one of
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  Speaker 1: you first, and if you want help, you have nothing
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  Speaker 1: to do but call Huddon, jumping in and sinking to
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  Speaker 1: the bottom, rose up again and making a bubbling noise
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  Speaker 1: as those do that are drowning. Attempted to speak, but
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  Speaker 1: could not. What is that he is saying now, says Duddon, faith,
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  Speaker 1: says Donald. He is calling for help. Don't you hear him?
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  Speaker 1: Stand about? Said he running back till I leap in.
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  Speaker 1: I know how to do it better than any of you.
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  Speaker 1: Duddon to have the advantage of him, plunged in off
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  Speaker 1: the bank and drowned along with Huddon. And this was
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  Speaker 1: the end of Huddon and dudden end of Section forty one.