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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 479

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  3. XML “The Fairy Goat”
  4. XML “The Galloping Calf”

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  1. The Fairy Goat (continued)

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  2. The Galloping Calf

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    In the Glen of Imaal there lived a man long ago, named Dan Finn. One night, when he was going home, a calf galloped up behind him, ran between his legs, taking him on its back. Dan hung on to the calf until a horseman came up beside him and said "If you keep your mouth shut and not speak a word you will be left back safely".
    They galloped miles together the calf going like a racehorse, until they came to a a wide
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