School: Leithead
- Location:
- Lehid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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- The Beggarman
Long ago there lived a little man in Ireland who was very poor, and who used go around begging from the people. One day, he went to the palace where the king lived, and he asked for something to eat. When the king saw who was there, he put the dogs after him, and when he was going, he said to himself, that he would make the king sorry for what he had done. That old man had great power, he could(continues on next page)- Collector
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