School: Ringville, Slieverue (roll number 6621)

Location:
Ringville, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Síle de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 090

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 090

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  1. The first twelve days of April are generally bad, wild and harsh like March.
    There was once a widow who had one cow. She was very old but managed to survive all through the harsh winter to give a little milk to the poor widow. When March set in she got sick. The widow felt that if March had gone and April set in her cow would live. On the 31st of March the cow was alive and the widow's hopes were high. But march borrowed twelve days from April. On the 12th day the cow died.
    This is another story:-
    A polly heifer was sent on her
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.