School: Corra Finne (roll number 12877)

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   One day, a crowd of men were cutting oats, and three or four hares ran out of the oats. All the men fired their hooks at them. One of the men fired the hooks with his left hand, and hit one of the hares in the leg. One day, the man was going to the fair about seven years after that. They had no (clok) clocks in olden times, and they did not know what time it was. When this man was going to the fair, he saw a small house on the side of the road. He went in to see if the man was going to the fair. When he went in he was welcomed by the other man. The man that was going to the fair. He said that he was not, because he had a sore foot. The other man asked him what happened to it. He asked him did he remember the day he fired the hook at the hare, and he said he did. He took down the hook and asked him was that his hook, and he said it was. He told the man that was going to the fair, to measure the hook with his foot, and that he would be alright. He did and the man was alright then. Then, and he gave the hook to

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josie Mc Gough

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Curry Eighter, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Michael Mc Gough

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Curry Eighter, Co. Galway