School: Garrowhill, Longford (roll number 10344)
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- Garrowhill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: P. Mac Aonghusa
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- (continued from previous page)after something that was escaping up the chimney.
Mrs. Savage rushed into the kitchen from the byre to see what the boys were doing to the dog, and she was surprised when she heard their story.
She put the lid on the oven again, however, and went back to finish her work in the byre.
She took the cake out of the oven when it had been baked, and there was nothing wrong with it.
There was no recurrence of the incident afterwards. - Bernard McAvey of the townland of Derryharrow, and parish of Templemichael worked for Mr. Shevlin, deceased of the townland of Lisbrack and parish of Templemichael.
On Mr Shevlin's land there is an old circular fort, and in the fort an enormous flat stone.
The fort and the field that surrounded it were usually in pasture, but one year at least it was in meadow.
When reaving the hay in August Bernard McAvey built a cock of hay on the flag in the fort, but(continues on next page)