School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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  1. A man went three miles for a plough. He had no car so he brought it home on his back.
    The same man and his brother found their horse in a dyke one time. He took the horse out of the dyke and put it back again. "You do that," said he to his brother, and the brother did it. The kept doing it 'till the horse was killed.
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