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School: Belpatrick, Collon (roll number 10537)

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Belpatrick, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0677, Page 167

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  1. The Hare and the Gráinneog

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    One day a hare and a graneog met. "I am faster than you" said the hare to the graneog, "I bet you are not" said the graneog. "We will have a trial" said the hare.
    "Do you see that pole five fields away."
    "I do" said the graneog. "Well said the hare. "Which ever of us is there first will win."
    Then the race began.
    With a couple of swift bounds the hare was at the end of one of the fields,
    He looked back and saw the ganeog far behind.
    "I am the fool" he said to himself for running so fast and the ganeog so far behind, I will go out to this field and rest myself until he comes up"
    He rested himself for
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Billy Murphy
    Gender
    Male