School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)The cure for a sty is to get nine gooseberry thorns and and bless the sty saying in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost every morning.
- Once upon a time there was an old house in the middle of a field. There was no hedges about it. It was alone. At ten o'clock many people see light in it. Some people say there is a ghost in it. One day it was nearly dark a man was in this field. He told many people about the ghost and ever since that the people were afraid to go out into the field.
- A number of girls form a ring and catch hands. One child stands in the centre and says the following words:-Forty jugs of rice-o,(continues on next page)
