Volume: CBÉ 0221

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   “When John noticed five or six rats...”

   

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   no rats to be seen anyhow and John was at his ease. The boat reached Waterford without a hitch and John got on shore and started to walk in the direction of his own house. He travelled on until night began to fall and then he began to look for some place to stop. He saw a farmer's house by the side of the road and he knocked at the door and went in. There were three people in the house. An old man and an old woman and a young girl. John told them his story and they soon started to make the stay for him. When the old man was blowing the for boilin the kettle he started to yawn and say he "so o con" John jumped up and said he would be goin. This came on him so suddenly that they all got a fright and asked what he was in such a

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   English

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   Writing script

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   • Seán Dillon