School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 004
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- (continued from previous page)buy one tonight in Kells-.
"Cranky" waited no longer but he grabbed the steaming cake in his hand and flung it out the window; then he bounced off to Carlanstown cursing and drank himself drunk.
This ridiculous story may be all an invention but that's the way my father often told it to me when I was a child anyway.
"Cranky", however, really lived in this locality for there are very few round here but have heard of his strange manner and wondered at his terrible expressions and uncontrollable temper.
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