School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 081
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- (continued from previous page)to himself, "I will go into this house to light my pipe"
When he entered the house an old woman was sitting in the corner and three men sitting round the fire.
The four of them was very friendly with him and wanted him to have tea, but he refused to have it.
The woman said to him. "Do you remember the day when you remember the day when you broke my leg with a stick?" (no title)
“There was a gentleman long years ago and he was so rich that he bought a castle.”
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- Mrs Margaret Buckley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Ballycloghduff (Grogan), Co. Westmeath