School: Greaghglass (roll number 11011)

Location:
Greaghglass, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mrs. Ross
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 041

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 041

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    old house and a street in the field where the chase was.
    The hare saw that he would be caught in the street and so he ran into the house. When my father and the boy went in, they were surprised that the hare was no there. There was no way for the hare to escape. The windows were covered with boards and the dog was at the door. Then my father went in and looked about the room but could not see the hare. Not many years before this an old man died in this house. This was supposed to be the old man back in the form of a hare.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
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  3. A True Story
    A short distance from Ballygawly stands the ruins of an ancient castle the owners of which were killed by people name Mc. Mahon. Since
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