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School: An Mhainistir, Cloch na Rón

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Roundstone, Co. Galway
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Ambrós Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0007, Page 089

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    turf into it. Then he ran away and he lied under a hillock to watch them.
    He was not long there when they came out and they took the bad without passing any of it and threw it in.
    They went home then contented with what they had done and their went lodging in another house. Then one of his sons got a job and he had to take it to earn his food.
    One night as they were sitting by the fire their father came in, all dressed in white, and his face painted and he pretended it was his ghost.
    As soon as they saw him they ran out of the house and they thought it was him ghost.
    The man stayed in the house and his sons did not come back for a few days.
    He had saved a lot of money by this time and he used to count it every night. One night as he was counting it, who came in but his sons they caught him counting it.
    They took all the money of
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin O' Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ervallagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael O' Toole
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Roundstone, Co. Galway