School: Westland (roll number 8428)

Location:
Donore, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mrs E.J. Roberts
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  2. Long ago a woman and a boy lived together in a house, and every night before they went to bed they had to put an iron bar across the door. They had to hammer it in with a hatchet and in the morning they would have to hammer it out again in the same way. One night after they had put the bar across, a knock came to the door. It was an old woman looking for lodgings. The woman in the house shouted "Johnny Johnny! get the hatchet." The woman outside thought they were
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