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School: Drong (2)

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Drung, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Fháinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 320

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    some to eat. She was so hungry that she ate too much, so coming home she died.
    Another man was digging potatoes for a whole day, and when he was finished, he only had a half-bucket of potatoes. When he came home he left them outside the door, and he went into the house. A pig was walking about half-starved. So when she saw the bucket, she put her head in, and ate the potatoes. When the man came out he found his bucket empty.
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