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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 120

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    Once upon a time there was a woman who had a son. The son went away to seek his fortune.
    Three years after the son was coming home and the mother bought a new suit of clothes and put them at the fire and had the (fire) dinner ready.
    When the son was coming home he was shot. When the mother heard this she never believed it and she always kept the suit at the fire and when anyone passed by she would ask them if they saw her son and she would tell thrm
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janet Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Tomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath