School: Empor (roll number 941)
- Location:
- Emper, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Gallagher
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- There was a man coming home from rambling one night.
He was passing by an old mill and a big sheep walked out before him on the road. After a while when he was on a good bit on the road, A child came screaming through the air and lit down in his arms.
The man said God bless the child and brought the child home with him. When he went home he found that the child was dead. He sent for the(continues on next page)
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- Matt Nugent
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
