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School: An Sciobairín

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Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0297, Page 133

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    a man to, eat fifteen loaves of bread, two chickens, and ten points of milk on condition that you'll pay all costs. I'll give ten to one on it said the other man. The eater was got, but he was after a good meal before that. When he had eight eaten he said in Irish "I can't eat no more Jim." The gallant had no Irish, so he asked what he said and was answered: He said that he could eat a thrice as much; with that he walked away and the other got his hundred pounds to the ten pounds he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip O' Neill
    Gender
    Male