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School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

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Laghy, Co. Donegal
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Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 137

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    down into the water and she lifted up a pair of sissors. She cut the net all around her and then she was free again. Tommy was greatly surprised and he said nothing. When he went home he told everyone about what had happened. Tommy got very sick when he went home and in a few weeks he was dead.
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  2. Wrong Deeds

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    Once upon a time there was a boy who hit his father. Some time after he got sorry for hitting him and he went to confession. When he told the sin to the priest he couldn’t forgive it. The priest told him to go to the Bishop. When he went to the Bishop he couldn’t forgive the sin either. Then he told him to
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Tommy Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal