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School: Caisleán hAicéid

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Castlehacket, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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  1. A Story - The Man who Was Fond of Nuts

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    Many years ago there lived a man who was very fond of nuts and he left it by will to put a bag of nuts under his head when he would be put into the coffin.
    His order was carried out but there was another man in the village who said that he would like to have the nuts for himself.
    One night he set out accompanied by another man who was going stealing a sheep. When they reached the grave-yard one of them went for the sheep and the other man began to dig the grave. After an hour's work he found the nuts and he sat down on a flag and he began to eat them.
    All went well for a while until another man happened to be coming home from his visit and when he saw him
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Edmond Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway