School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Géibheannaigh
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    Pat met him and asked him how much for the old hay barn? leaven pounds" the man replied. Will she lie and rise of her own accord or would she want any assistance going up a hill?" Pat said £5-10-0 and he got her.
    When his wife went out to milk her the cow would not let her. The man said to her that she did not know how to milk. He took the pail from her and said: Cos go ciunn".
    Then she let him milk her and he told her that the woman that used to milk her spoke anything only Irish.
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