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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 08_014

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    Off he went with sheep skin thinking of how he could bring the sheep skin and the price of it home.
    When he reached the town he went arownd shouting my father told me to bring home this sheep skin and the price of it. The people were only laughing at him but after a while he met the girl and she asked him what brought him to town to-day. He said that his father had sent him with the sheep skin to sell bring itself and the price of it home.
    The girl opened her bag and picked off the wool and then gave him the skin and the price of
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Howley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghroak, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Howley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghroak, Co. Galway