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School: Borris-in-Ossory (Convent) (roll number 7442)

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Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 192

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    the spoil, and Birch would only give what he had agreed to, so the diver threw them back into the water and went away. Birch employed men to make shores from the lake and get the sacred vessels but the water refused to flow and Birch struck it in the devil's name. Worms were crawling through him again night and he was trying to get into rat holes.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Julia Breen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinla, Co. Laois