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School: Ardkeenan

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Ardkeenan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
John Meares
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 268

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    Once there lived a man whose wife was dead and he had only one .daughter. The girl's name was Mary Anne and when she was twenty her father got sick and was very bad. The doctor came and said it was best to send for the priest. The priest came and anointed the man. The doctor said to send him to Hospital. When the man was about a week in the Hospital the girl got a letter saying her father was dead.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary F. Meares
    Gender
    Female