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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 179

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    Bees.
    Once upon a time there lived an old man and his sister together in a small house by the side of a river. They lived happily until the sister died. They had a hive of bees and it is said that you should put a black tape over the hive where a death occurs. But the brother never thought of it as the next morning all the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Bourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    A. Bourke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Limerick