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School: Tibohine (roll number 15544)

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Tibohine, Co. Roscommon
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Úna Ní Thiomáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 223

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    home with his mother and he had no sooner said the word than the good people had the door opened and they left him inside with his mother where she was spinning in the corner waiting up for him.
    Next morning his mother was mixing seeds in a crock and she found a half sovereign in the seed and she shouted "O Charlie come here look what I've got." Ah now you have told it and you'll get no more.
    Charley Carty was his name
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Kemmitt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkeery, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Thady Kemmitt
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Rathkeery, Co. Roscommon