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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 227

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  1. The Leprechaun (continued)

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    twelve o'clock the child died and they had no money to bury her.
    The man went out and he met the leprechaun who gave him some money with which to bury the child.
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  2. The Holy Boy

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    Once there was a baby boy born in this locality and the father of the boy got a poor scholar to read the stars for him. The scholar said that when the boy would reach the age of twenty years he would be killed by lightning. When the boy came to the age of six years his father told him
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine O' Neill
    Gender
    Female