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School: Killasona, Granard (roll number 14300)

Location:
Cill Ó Sona, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghaithbheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 498

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    cave. He went in and saw an old man. "Why do you look so sad?" said the man . Sunshine told him his story. This old man got a bottle and went to where Moonshine was. He gave him something out of the bottle which made him well and strong again , because he was not really dead. The man brought the two boys to live with him. In that country every year was given a name one was called Horse-year another Tiger-Year and every called the child of the year in which it was born. Sunshine was a child of the Tiger- Year. Not far from the cave lived a king who ruled over all the people in that country. Every year a large river flowed over
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susanna Reid
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cill Ó Sona, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Patrick Reid
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Cill Ó Sona, Co. an Longfoirt