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School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)

Location:
Culfadda, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Liam Barún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 150

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    up the bet and said he would dress a dish of meat for him. He cooked a young fox and when it was laid before him he tasted it and remained silent for a while. At last he spoke giving in he did not know. "Gentlemen he said, "it is folly to talk as long as the fox runs he is caught at last"
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Flatley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Battlefield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Judge
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Battlefield, Co. Sligo