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School: Rath (roll number 5391)

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Rath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Miss Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 082

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 082

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    Some years ago there lived a man in Streete who had a very vivid dream about a lot of money buried in a mound just beside the village.
    He dreamt the same thing for three nights in succession and there was to be a death at the digging for it.
    He decided he would dig it. His dog followed him and during the digging his dog behaved in such a wild manner tearing at the hole also that the man got afraid and thought he would die
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Daramona, Co. Westmeath