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School: Ceathramhadh, Dún Droma

Location:
Carrow, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Bean Uí Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0582, Page 026

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    A Funny Story
    The first time the Artane boys came to this distrect.His master sent him out to catch the ass and he gave the whole day following the calf and caught him and put winkers on him and brought him in.
    He sent him to dig his dinner of potatoes he dug one stalk and he stayed digging away down in the ground and he could find no more.\He came in, in the evening he could get no more.
    The next day he sent him out to see if the crows in the barley when he came back he asked him did he hunt them and he said "no"i thought they were your own.the name of the man was William Carew and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Jim Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Carrow, Co. Tipperary