School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)
- Location:
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Seóighe
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“(a) We work by day and sleep at night. ...”
(continued from previous page)c) There was snow on their coats where they had been snow-balling.
d) Before they went there they were careful to wash their faces.
e) There were three sailors who lost their way and could not back to their ship.
f) The ground where the flowers were was damp and they were hard to get.
- Franz and his mother and brother lived in the Swiss mountains. He was very unhappy. One day his mother and brother went away to the big city, And he had to stay at home with his grandfather. He bit his lips trying to keep in the tears when he saw them packing up. His mother tried(continues on next page)