School: Skerdagh, Newport (roll number 3905)

Location:
Skerdagh Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James Deffely
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    the Newport man if he could do as good as that. The man from Newport told the little man to do something and at the first blow out came a flock of forces from the bellows and they eat up the flock of geese. The Englishman blew out a lot of fish the next time and the little man then blew out a lot of otters and they eat up all the fish. There was an old woman passing by outside and the little man put her into the bellows and turned her into a young girl and the English man gave in
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