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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

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Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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    done it in his sleep, and he apologised. They went to sleep again but again their dreams were rudely shattered, this time by the man on the outside, jumping up and asking the man at the wall what he meant by pulling the clothes off him. The other man denied having anything to do with it, and a quarrel arose.
    The man who lay in the middle, pacified them and they lay down again. Soon both of the quarrellers felt tugs on the clothes, but they held on to them. Suddenly the clothes began see-sawing about on the bed, so that the man in the middle was nearly
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lavagh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs. M. J. Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lavagh, Co. Sligo