School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 229
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- (continued from previous page)"Leave that back, that is my poor sister's". Again he threw it back and taking up the 5th skull, the voice again called "That is my poor brother's, leave it back". "Ah" said the young fellow losing his patience, "bad luck to you and your brother and sister, ye can't own them all, I'm bringing this one, I don't give a dam who owns it". And he brought it and won his bet.
- Once upon a time a very clever fox was stealing a farmers fowl and he (the farmer) could not manage to catch the fox, so he lit upon the plan of making a hole in the roof for him so that when he came in he could not get out.
Things worked out according to plan and when the farmer arrived he found the fox trapped. The farmer opened the door cautiously and stole(continues on next page) - Collector
- Liam F. Cox
- Gender
- Male
