School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 0345
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One day aman was out shooting he wasted all his shot and got nothing as he was coming home he saw a flock of wild geese coming over him. He did not know what to do. At last he thought of a plan. It was a muzzle loader gun he had with him so he stuck the ram rod down in the barrel and put it in a good charge of powder. He took an aim and stuck the ram in one of the wild geese. The wild goose fell down in a river that was near. The ram rod stuck in a salmon that was in the river. The salmon gave a jump and knocked the man and the man fell over on top of a hare so that he had a wild goose, a salmon, and a hare going(continues on next page)
