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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 361

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    In Castletown House Celbridge, there lived a man by the name of Connolly. One day he was going out to hunt, and said to his butler, I could hunt with the Devil himself, and just as he went down the road, he met a man on horseback who kept beside him all day; so he invited him to tea. After tea they were playing cards, and one of the cards fell. The butler went to pick it up, and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher Baker
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Chapel Hill, Co. Dublin