School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)

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1. From Dawn to Dusk (continued)

   

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   Usually, when I go home from school I have to go out working, and wait out until night falls. Then I return home tired and heavy. I sit on a chair before the fire until I am pushed aside by somebody. When I see my mother making the tea I run to the table. Then my mother says if I was as good at everything as I am at eating, everything would be alright.

   When tea is over I learn my lessons for the next day, and if I am ready before Tom I try to keep him from learning his. Tom hates teasing. Sometimes my father reads us a story, but he is generally

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríghid Ní Ging

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mayo