School: Tomghéis (roll number 9239/9277)
- Location:
- Tumgesh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Casaide
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- There was once a man who had to cross a fort to his farm. He had to cross this fort every morning, and every evening to go and milk his cows. Every morning when he was returning home, a can of milk used to get spilled. This was going on for a long time. One morning when it happened, he said. "Take the best cow I have but don't spill any more milk." When the man went to milk his cows the next morning the best cow he had was dead.
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- Teresa Groarke
- Gender
- Female