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School: Caológa (2) (roll number 16309)

Location:
Keeloges, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1073, Page 126

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  1. A Schoolboy Superstition

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    Just pull a hair out of your head and put it fair across your hand when the "maister" is going to give you a "pandy".
    Then his ould cane will break in two "shares".
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  2. Story

    “A Dunfanaghy man took a friend with him to make a match. The bargaining went on in a kitchen where the light was not too good.”

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