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School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

Location:
Ballyadams, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 165

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  1. Giants (continued)

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    he would. The man having made a few signs handed the knife to the giant and told him he now had the power. The giant believed the man and drove the knife into his body. He killed himself and the man escaped.
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  2. The Old Witch

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    Once upon a time there lived a little girl who was very obstinate and wilful, and who never obeyed when her parents spoke to her. A which lived near by. One day she said, "I have heard so much of the old witch that I will go and see her." Her parents however forbade her going saying the witch was a wicked old woman, who performed many bad deeds and. if she went near her she might
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullomoy, Co. Laois