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School: Árd Phádraig

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Ardpatrick, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 408

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    re the merits of the particular horse that he was handling. Another question followed & another, until Paddy, thoroughly roused & giving a couple of flicks to his pants with the light ash plant he carried, replied as he looked viciously from one to another of his questioners. "Heth! Heth! There's some people would want to know what you had for your breakfast, & if you said eggs, they'd want to know if they were duck eggs or hen eggs", & off he went with that peculiar shambling gait, which appeared to belong to these old traditional horse trainers.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pilib O Conaill
    Gender
    Male