School: Aughclare
- Location:
- Aughclare, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: M.E. Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 146
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was a man with a hump on his back who worked in Campile
This morning he went to plough in a field near a rath and when he went to yoke the horses, a woman came up out of the rath.
She had a losad in her hand. It was broken and she asked him to mend it. He told her he would not, and she went off. The man ploughed until dinner time and a boy came with his dinner. He told him all about the woman and(continues on next page)
