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School: Dromlachan

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Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 607

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 607

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  2. Glass Hill or Green Hill

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    Once upon a time there was a woman, and she had three daughters. She had a great plot of white cabbage and it used to be stolen every night. This night the eldest girl said that she would stay up to see what was stealing the cabbage, so she went out and stood under a bush in the garden. In the middle of the night there came in an old scabby horse, and he took the girl up on his back and went away with her. The horse went on till he came to a green hill so he struck the ground with his hoof and said: "Open, open, open, and let me and my young
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