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School: Áth Treasna (C.)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Cheallacháin
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    Two little girls went for a walk one day. They remained to long picking flowers. Dusk came on and they were getting afraid. All along the road coming home, inside the wall they heard chains rattling. They thought it was a ghost and they were terrified. Their mother got anxious and sent their big brother to meet them.
    They told him that a ghost inside the wall. As he was not afraid he looked inside and found that instead of the ghost it was a goat chained to
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Shine
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork