School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)

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Cluain Tuaiscirt, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
(ní thugtar ainm)
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  1. School 17th - 6 - 1937
    This was one of those persuasive days that come in the early summer, and sorely try the poor boy who is caged in a drowsy school; a shaft of sunshine which you study rather than your slate, falls temptingly across the clay floor. And a wanton breath of wind, losing its way, comes in off the opened little sash, and, giving the well-torn map of Ireland a taunting rustle, sweeps out again. A bee strays in, buzzing as noisily as if it were he that made the world go round, and after a minute, finding it is no place for him, buzzes out, and away for the meadows. Then you hear cheery voices calling in the fields; and a
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cláir Ní Mhaoláin
    Gender
    Female