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School: Leitre (roll number 16164)

Location:
Lettera, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 026

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    The man went on his way and brought the priest to the sick person. But when the priest came the person was better and he could not remember he was sick at all.
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  2. A Story

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    There were once two brothers and one of them was very rich and the other was very poor. The poor brother used to go to the town to buy wood. There was a big rock on the way by which the man used to pass. This day as he was going to the town with his asses for wood he saw robbers coming. He ran and hid himself in a tree. The robbers came up to the rock and they stood outside and at last they said some words and the door of the rock flung open and they went in and closed the door after them. In about 15 minutes time they came out again
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    AT0676: Open Sesame
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Theresa Collins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lettera, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Augustine Collins
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lettera, Co. Galway