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School: Kilturk (B.)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0878, Page 015

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    Funny Story.
    Wan time there was a big farmer in the parish of Kilmore who happened to have a rath in his land an' one day he made up his mind that the next time he was ploughing that field the rath would be ploughed too. So begob the rath was ploughed an' sowed. The turnips that were sowed on the rath grew as well as in any other part of the field. and the farmer began to boast about the great bucko he was
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