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

Location:
Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sean Flood
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    the door and went in. He found a man sitting at a fire, in the little house.
    The man turned around and saw him. He told him to be gone out of that as quickly as he could. The man said he would not go till he got the gold.
    After a while the man went. He took with him a pot of gold with. He swam over to the "cut of Fore" which situated near Collinstown in the Co. Westmeath. He saw a fish following him. It was the man he saw in the island coming after him in the form of a fish. He followed him to the "cut hill". He told him it was good for himself
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    History Edit
    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