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School: Oileán Faoide

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Whiddy Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 288

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    he was brought to the scaffold he sent for his mother. She came and he said he wanted to whisper something into her ear. When she came near he put his mouth to her ear and bit it off. Then he said, "When I first stole the pencil at school you praised me, instead of giving me a fine beating, and if you had given that beating to me I would not be here now.
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