School: Presentation Convent, Lucan

Location:
Lucan, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 156

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    be laid down that the document should not be removed fromits position and this causes great merriment for the players come rushing back to refresh the memory. The treasure could be a penny piece hid perhaps under a flower bowl or anywhere else as selected but it would be necessary to say in the story something like this: "She lost it this morning a bright little thing out of her pocket, not that it was of great value but because a certain amount of them would make a handsome present". Then you would be obliged to mention another four sentences introducing its whereabouts, cleverly hidden so that it would take a lot of concentration to find it.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Graham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lucan, Co. Dublin