School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)

Location:
Sraheens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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    himself, "Up heart liver and lights." He met a man and the man said "Dont say that, say that they may never come up." He went on until he saw a man setting potatoes and he said, "That they may never come up" "Dont say that said the man say three hundred this year and four hundred next year. On he went until he saw a funeral, and he said "Three hundred this year and four hundred next year." "Oh" dont say that say that they may rest in peace." So he went on till he saw a man and beside him were two calves and them drowning and he said may they rest in peace. Dont say that said the man say "one out now and another out again. He went on until he met a man who had lost an eye and he said
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Walsh
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    Male