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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 438

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  1. An Old Story (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    it. Off she went to the man for the money. The man came back and found the last of the fire pounds on the ground but luckily enough it was the piece with the number he got. She lit the candle with it.
    So she gave the number into the bank and got another five pounds instead.
    Michael Healy
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  2. An Old Story

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    Long ago there lived a man in this country named Willie Byrne. At night he would go to ramble and bring his dog with him.
    One night as he was coming home a short cut by the edge of a lake a wicked bull dashed out of the lake. He knocked the man down but the dog jumped on the man's back.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Teresa Mulready
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs E. Brennan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female