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School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)

Location:
Forgney, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Mrs B. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 370

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    rye only. He and his workers gathered all the rye into bags, and then turned the church into its right position again. They started for home then, and had travelled a day's journey before they opened the bags. When they opened them in the evening, lo and behold! there was not a thing in them but a heap of snails and worms.
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Clooncallow, Co. Longford