School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)

Location:
Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 047

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 047

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  2. One very bright morning a farmer came into town to sell a few pigs. About four o'clock when he had all his pigs sold he went into a public house and spent nearly all his money drinking. After a while he got drunk and when he started to go home it was dark. He had no lamp on his cart and as he was going home he met a man who told him that there was a guard down the road. He jumped out of the cart and unyoked the ass, then he put the ass into the cart
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