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School: Rahan (B.)

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Rahan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
L. Ó Reannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 158

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  2. A Fairy Story

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    A Fairy Story
    There was a woman and she wanted to go to town very early in the morning. She had no clock and she stayed up that night. The night was very dark for a while. Then the moon rose and it got very bright and she thought it was coming near morning.
    She went out and harnessed the donkey, and went to town. On her way she met (met) a very small woman on the road.
    The (went) woman went was about to strike the donkey and her shawl fell off her. She asked the small woman to hand her the shawl. The small woman gave her the shawl. The woman turned
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