School: Naomh Colmcille, Leitir Cheanainn

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1. An Old Story

   “Once upon a time a rich man built a very large house and a number of stores.”

   

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   Once upon a time a rich man built a very large house and a number of stores. He had all the stores completed except one, which was completed all but to put on the door. On the morning on which they were to put on the door, a little woman came in to the house and sat at the top of the table and told the man that if he would put a door in that store that bad luck would befal him. The rich man would not believe the little woman and ordered his servants to put in a door.
   A few days after that the man left a number of parcels of valuable goods in the store, but in the morning he found that his goods were gone. He did not bother much about his loss, and on the second night he left his car in the store, but in the morning he found that his car was damaged and the wheels were punctured. He did not bother about

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen O' Doherty

   Gender

   Female