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Grange, Co. Sligo
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Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 218

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  1. The Protestant Fall (continued)

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  2. The Old Woman and Her Cow

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    Once a king was building a castle and every cow in his kingdom had to be brought to the building to be killed. Their blood had to be mixed with mortar to plaster the walls of the new castle. There lived in the district an old woman who was very poor and had only one cow.
    One day an old man with torn clothes came to her house. He asked her for some food. She gave him the last cup of milk she had.
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