School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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“The people usen't to get as many kinds of bread in olden times as they get now.”
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“Once upon a time a man went away to look for work.”
Once upon a time a man went away to look for work. He walked on and when night came he got no work and he lay down under bushes till morning. He started to walk again in the morning and about twelve o'clock he met a woman and he told her that he was very poor and he had no money and he was looking for work. The woman told him that she would give him plenty of money if he would do what she would tell him. He said he would and they walked on till they came to a big bush on a hill and the woman said if he would climb this bush he would see a door on the top of it and if he would lift it he(continues on next page)