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School: Longford, Kinnitty

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An Longfort, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 145

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  1. An Adventure with a Lamp-Post (continued)

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    is how it sounded.
    "I drank a little sup and started for Newgate (a nickname for Glen Dine) A lamp-posht was before me and the bad eye was no good an the good wan refushed to see for me an I though it was some divil standing daaring me so I shtuch in 'im an toult him I'd take wud no wans damn cheek- I fell ashleep thin an wokened to look at the Starin Peelers- an they locked me uup.
    - The "upshot" of it was that another load of hay had to be sold to pay (furrs) (the Local people pronounce it thus) fines.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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