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School: Sraithín (roll number 13617)

Location:
Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088C, Page 01_021

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    There was once a man who had a big hump. He was passing a fort one day. He heard a man singing, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. He started to singing also, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. The man in the fort said "who is that, that helped me with my song, come inside. So the man went in to the fort. The man in the fort, took the hump off the other man's back, and he had a straight back then. The man in
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Eibhlín Ní Uidhir
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Cíosóig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Sraheen, Co. Mayo