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School: Borris (B.)

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Borris, Co. Carlow
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Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 301

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  1. A Story about Murder (continued)

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    horse went home to Borris at (the) a great pace and pawed at the door of the priests house. The other curate opened the door.
    The priest said if he made the horse talk to tell the murderer he would never have the penance made up for. The landlords were all against him and they plotted for his downfall.
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  2. Riddles

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Borris, Co. Carlow