School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- An Scairt, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 395
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- (continued from previous page)died he wished to be buried with his gun, whip, hound, and horse, under the shadow of the rock underneath the house, and on the banks of the Funcheon.
- There once lived a woman who was a stepmother to a boy that was living with her. She was of course a real old witch like most stepmothers are.
One morning when she got up she found that there was a calf missing. She told her stepson to go and look for the calf. On asking where he might look for the calf, he was told to look for him in the likely place and the unlikely place. So out the stepson went and(continues on next page) - Collector
- Imelda Daly
- Gender
- Female
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- Jeremiah Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
