School: Carlingford (C.) (roll number 13582)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 096
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- Margaret Mc Kevitt
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Newry Street, Co. Louth
- There was once a family of two daughters, living with their father and mother. The father got a new pair of trousers, and they were too long for him, so he asked his wife to shorten them for him, but she refused. One day he got very angry about it, and his wife felt sorry for him, and said to herself that she would shorten them. There was no person in the house at the time, so after shortening them she folded them and put them in the drawer(continues on next page)
