School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

Location:
Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 351

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  2. Once upon a time, there lived a man who was very fond of shooting. One day, he went out and shot a crow, and he said to himself that he would like to get a wife with hair as black as the raven's feathers, with cheeks as red as the reddest blood, and with skin as white as the whitest snow.
    He looked round and saw a little red man, and told him that he was
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