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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 129

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    after him. When each of them got a portion of his money the people in the town said "Its an ill wind that favours nobody"
    Some time ago a man lived in Cappagh who wanted to catch a rat who was doing him a lot of damage. He set a trap one night and in the morning found the rat in it. He got a stick and killed the rat and continued beating him. His neighbour told him to stop beating him but the old man answered. "He does not feel it now he is gett used of it."
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Maughan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Maughan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo