School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)

Location:
Glenties, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac Duibhir
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    Once upon a time a party of tramps were coming home from a fair. One of them had a fish with him. While they were at the fair they bought a donkey from a poor honest country man. They thought that they made a bad bargain. They followed him out the road. The man saw them coming and he prepared to fight. But there were six tramps. They all started to fight, and the man was getting beaten. He let a whistle and his dog half a mile off recognised it. The dog came and he made the tramps flee. But one of the tramps
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheal Mac Craith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenachallow, Co. Donegal