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School: Glynn (C.) (roll number 4602)

Location:
Glynn, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Giolla Eoin
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    her, and she said "the highest penny in the fair". So off he went with his cow. He reached the fair all right. After a while a man came over to him and said, "what are you looking for the animal" and the boy said "the highest penny in the fair."
    Well I am the man that will give it to you and he took a penny out of his pocket, climbed a tree , put the penny on the top and said "there now is the highest coin in the fair," so he gave it to him and the boy went home quite satisfied.
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