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School: Baile Glas (roll number 13654)

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Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Cáit Ní Rúis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 20

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    “There lived a man in Ballinamore named Mr Foster.”

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    There lived a man in Ballinamore named Mr Foster. He had a man working for him Martin Mc Donnell and his wife Kitty. One day Kitty was making a cake, Mr Foster was passing Martin came out with a saucer for sand. Mr Foster asked him what did he want the sand for, and he said Kitty was making a cake, and it was running through the floor.
    He said that he would give him a saucer of flour every day, if he would not offer the rosary at night. The meat
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