School: Montpelier, O'Brien's Bridge (roll number 14875)

Location:
Montpelier, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Liam Ó Tuama
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    Once upon a time there was a poor old woman going around, and one night she went into a chapel to sleep.

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    On the next morning the poor woman told a man. The next night at about one oclock the man went to answer Mass. The Priest said, "Now I can go to heaven, I am for the last three hundred and sixty-five years trying to find someone to answer Mass."
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    Once upon a time there lived a poor old wood-cutter, who was very poor.

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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
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    There was a man one time.

    There was a man one time. He used to go every night playing cards to another house, and this night they were playing away when the cards were taken out of
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