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School: St Feighin's, Collinstown (roll number 14450)

Location:
Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sean Flood
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  1. A Funny Story I Heard

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    There are many stories told in my townsland which is Moortown. I am going to give you an account of one of these stories now.
    Once there lived a ghost man in one of the islands of Loch Lene. He had a lot of gold. One day a man saw the island. I dont know his name but he lived in Collinstown, Co. Westmeath. He went over to the island and there he found a little house under the ground.
    There was a little (house) door on the house. He opened
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Cormick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lakill and Moortown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Mac Cormick
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lakill and Moortown, Co. Westmeath