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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 182

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    The Gobán saor was looking for work once. He used not get any work. One evening he was coming home after looking for work. He felt very tired. He saw down in the green beside the road. He left down his bag of tools beside him.
    During the night the fairies came to where the Gobán Saor was. They took out his tools and sharpened the. They worked a kind of a magic spell on the tools.
    The next morning the Gobán Saor started out looking for work. The Gobán Saor went to a big farmer's house. The people of the house were at their breakfast. The master of the house did not happen to be eating his breakfast when
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Foy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo