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School: Rooskey

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Roosky, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Martin J. Casey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 269

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    His bed was made of a bundle of straw thrown on the floor and the rats and mice tormented him. After five or six year he returned home. During his time in Scotland he remained a good boy, and came back with the intention of becoming a priest. But he delayed too long ay home for some reason, and then he could not go. He went to canada and there he became a cowboy, and he lived a life of misery and hardship there. He lived in the house of a fairly rich man and he had an only daughter, and after many years they thought they would get married. But one day the girl went to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mac Donagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Srah Lower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Cawley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Srah Lower, Co. Mayo