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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

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Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 337

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    Long ago there was a doctor who lived in a beautiful house. Every day he went for a walk. One day he met a man. This man was the devil. The devil told the doctor that he would fill a shoe with gold for him if he would go with him after sixty years. The doctor consented to do this. He then cut the bottom off a shoe and cut a hole in the floor, and left the shoe over the hole in the floor, and there
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corramaeeagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Andrew Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corramaeeagh, Co. Galway