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School: Cluain an Droma, Mullach (roll number 5267)

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Cloonadrum, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Brian Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 333

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    “The cow is a very useful animal. She gives us milk twice a day, morning and evening. She has a calf every year.”

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  2. Charm Worked to Save the Life of a Child

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    About a hundred years ago a family named Nash lived in Clohanatennia. There were seven or eight young children for about the ages of three to seven to about thirteen. Well they began to be ailing and to die away one by one. They had doctors and priests and they did no good for them. At all events the each of them died but one and indeed he inself was'nt very strong and twas short till he complained like the rest and was pining. He were about eight years of age.
    In the long run they said that they must get a charm set for him and when they went to the old woman Norrie Perz, each here she was living formerly in a little house, she told them that twas the fairies were bringing the children for them and the only way to save the last one was to make him a suit off the sheep's back in one day. They went home and early next
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