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School: Beann-chorr (roll number 13808)

Location:
Banagher, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Hairt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 166

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    good deal of milk every day she used to go out. The man named Maughan went out after her one day. He saw her licking the stone. He went out to the stone and he went kicking it with his foot; it had the noise of a box. He took the lid off the box. The child was within in the box and him sweating. He brought the child up to the house. They reared the child up and gave him schooling. Everybody was saying it was his own child. The master remarked him smarter than any other child, he was a good scholar.
    One day the man of the house had a lot of men cutting wheat. He told the young fellow to go out and mind the wheat while they would be eating the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilcummin, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Teresa Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Mayo