School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)

Location:
Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Seóighe
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  3. XML “A Day in the Life of a Penny”
  4. XML “A Cup of Coffee”

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  2. Coffee is a seed which is contained in the berry of an every green shrub which grows in hot countries. It grows well in moist air and well-drained soil. Therefore, the hill-slopes of the two Indies are well suit to its cultivation.
    The coffee in its wild state is about twenty or thirty feet high and the coffee-planter prunes it down to the height of five or six feet so that it would contain better fruit & hold that fruit within easy reach.
    A coffee plantation has a
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