School: Scoil an Churnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar

Location:
Newcastle, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pr. Ó Fionnmhacháin
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    would he leave him hurl. So he said he would. The boy got a hurley and started hurling. After a long time the man told him to go home that it was getting late, but the boy said he had time enough yet. After a while a storm came and carried all the small men and the boy with them. All the time the boy's father was waiting for him. So after a long time he went out in search for him, and when he came to the field he saw a dead body there. He thought it was his own son. he took it home and buried it.
    A year afterwards when the man was sitting around the fire with his family the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English