School: Drinagh (roll number 10664)

Location:
Drinagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Cróinín
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  1. Once upon a time there was a piper and he used to come to Killarney for every fair. He had a great many friends, and he used to stay at every man's house in turn. But there was one man which he liked better than all by the name of Paddy Malone, and he stayed at his house oftener than at any of the others.
    One night he was coming to Paddy's house, and he came through a wood. In the middle of the wood, he saw a corpse hanging from a tree. He looked at the corpse and
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Lynch
    Gender
    Female