School: Leitre (roll number 16164)

Location:
Lettera, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 075

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  2. There was once a poor man and he used to be cutting trees in a wood. He used to begin working early in morning and he used to be working late in the evening also. He used to carry his dinner in a small pale.
    One evening when he was coming home from his work he met a beautiful lady and she said, "Give me your pale and I will fill it with gold." The poor man said, "Wait a while until I get a bigger pale that I may have more gold." The poor man ran home to get a bigger
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