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School: Island View, Cill an Dísirt (roll number 14196)

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Tonlegee, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0605, Page 036

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    A great King lived long ago. He had a man working for him named Jack. Jack had a son called Billie. Jack's son went every day to the King's Palace. So the King said to Jack bind your Son to a trade. The King said to bind him to be a robber. Jack went to bind his son to be a robber, as he was going along he meat robbers, and they asked him where was he going. Jack said he was going to bind his son to be a robber. The robbers said they would take Billie. Jack went home without his son. The robbers brought Billie to a big house, and they let him down the chimney and the
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