School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs E.J. Roberts
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- 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(continues on next page)