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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 06_015

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    Once up on a a time, and that was the time if we were init that time we wouldn't be in it now, when pigs were swine, and swallows built their nests in old men's beards. There lived about Drumahare and Manorhamilton in the Country Letrim a poor widow, and her only son Mickey. Mickey grew to be a man of powerful physique, his principle article of a pearl was a large goat's shin, which his mother managed to procure for him someway or the other. Once morning they
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Ó Gabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tonlegee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Aibistín Ó Gabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Tonlegee, Co. Mayo