School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)

Location:
Shrule, Co. Galway
Teacher:
(name not given)
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  1. There was a big dance held in a country house some years ago. The dance finished up about three o clock in the morning and all the people were leaving in crowds for their homes.
    There was one girl that found that (that) she had forgotten her gloves when she was about 30 yards from the dance house. She told her comrades to be walking on and she ran back to get the gloves. Then she hurried to overtake the others. She kept running fast, as she could hear the others talking
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Ó Dubhlaoich
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteens, Co. Mayo