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School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 121

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  1. An Old Ghost Story (continued)

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    this coward. He went to the wake and when the boys living around heard he was gone they planned for one of them to go and sit on a stile near a graveyard with a sheet around him to frighten him. It was a cold night and the coward was hurrying home.
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  2. Games - Fox and Geese

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    This is a very nice game. It is played by two people. One of them draws a nine squares and each one in his turn marks either x or o in each square. Whoever gets the x or o in a straight line either across or down wins the game.
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