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School: Corratober

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Corratober, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 160

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    check and I swung him high over my head. There was a pigeon hatching her eggs in a nest in a tree over my head. The pike struck her and she fell down dead at my feet. My strength was then exhausted and I fell down on the broad of my back on a whin bush. There happened to be a hare lying in her lair in the whin bush and I killed her dead. So home goes I with my perch, my pike, my pigeon and my hare.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Masterson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Enaghan, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Pat Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Corratober, Co. Cavan