School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 011

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  1. Long ago there lived a cruel King who proposed to kill all the old people who were in the country. The person who could tell the most ridiculous story would be allowed to go free again. There lived an old man who was afraid that he would be killed so his son hid him in a great cave at
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