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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 275

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    America, who wrote home to his father for money to pay his "passage"home. The father wrote back to him saying, "I will send you the money, when I sell the pig." In the meantime the pig died, and the father wrote again saying "Pig dead, soldier on."
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Brogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Boylan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford