School: Sraith (roll number 16623)

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   “John Minogue's uncle got married and they reared a family.”

   

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   ditch the seen a hare. The followed the hare and left the bag on the ground. A man came along with cattle. They lad in the bag heard him coming. He started saying that he was going to hevan in a bag. The lad with the cattle asked him to let him in with him. He got out of the bag and let him. When they men came back they threw him into the boghole. They went home and stayed at home for a week. They went to the lad house and when the seen all the cattle. They wondered who were they. When they went in they asked the lad where did he get all the cattle. He said he got them in the boghole. The two lads went down and they told the lad when the would call for the other lad to go down. The two lad jumped down and was left down. The lad went home and kept the three farms.

   

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   “Long ago they used to leave the corpse on a table in the middle of the floor.”

   

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   Long ago they used to leave the corpse on a table in the middle of the floor. They used to get snuff and leave it on the corpse. They used to get clay pipes and smoke them at the wake. Clann Rickardes put a poor woman out of the house long ago. She cursed him that he would die on sand. He died in Loughrea and when they rose him his mouth was full of sand. If bought a gallon of porter in a public shop for the wake. The next day one shutter would be up on the shop. If you bought two gallons there would be two shutters up on the shop. I you bought three one of the horsse would go funeral. If you bought five of the house would go to

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Birdie Mc Mahon

   Gender

   Female