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CNÓ COILLEAḊ CRAOḂAIĠE.

THE IRISH OF THE PEOPLE.

For the words in the stories on pp. 49-72, see Supplementary Vocabulary, p. 107.

Teachers are repuested to explain to their pupils that, in the story An t-Sean-Ċailleaċ Sa Ċófra, the grotesque character called an stracaire, who acts with such apparent cruelty and injustice, is none other than a divine emissary, sent to punish the wealthy brother and his household for their uncharitable behaviour towards their starving relatives.

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