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School: An Clochán (B)

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Clifden, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An Br. Angelo Mac Shámhais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0004, Page 137

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  1. The Sapper's Country Dinner

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    A Sapper who was surveying the land around Clifden was feeling very hungry and he did not know where to get a dinner. He said he would go into a house that was near-by and get a dinner there. He asked the woman for his dinner, she looked at the leg of the bed in the corner of the kitchen and the sun was shining there "All right" she said "You came in the right time" The man sat down at the table while the woman was working.
    First she got two slabs of stone and heated them at the fire Then she wenet out and brought in a sheaf of oats and rubbed
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Connie Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Kerrigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Clifden, Co. Galway