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School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

Location:
Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 052

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    tin of snuff but Ned made him put it away without opening it and once again he asked him for the pot of gold. Then the leipreachan told him that had no gold, because he gave it all to his father who was then working under the tree opposite.
    The boy was delighted when he heard this and he left the young leipreachan, and when he went over to the other tree to catch his father, there was no leipreachan under it. Then when Ned looked round there was no brace of the young leipreachan to be seen.
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