


‘I have to go to the works and find out what has happened. After five days she told the children she was going to find Father. The children pretended not to notice when she turned and walked slowly back to the cottage with tears in her eyes. Mother seemed restless and every day stood at the bottom of the lane, watching and waiting for an hour or so. In exchange she gave them a full can of goat’s milk from Nanny, her only remaining goat. The rest of the mushrooms were despatched to Mary Kate’s for drying, as she often used them for her various potions. They feasted on it for two days.Īfter a tip from Dan Collins, Eily and Mother rose very early on two mornings and walked up to the old cow pasture, to discover about a hundred wild mushrooms! With the addition of a spring onion added to the old yellow meal, they made a tasty enough dish. But, much to everyone’s surprise, from under his shirt he produced a large trout. Michael came home soaked to the skin, his teeth chattering. Michael went fishing in the river with Pat and his big brother Donal. No responsibility can be accepted for any errors.Were busy. To the best of the publisher’ s knowledge, information in this book was correct at the time of going to press. The publisher has made every effort to contact copyright holders but if any have been ov erlook ed we will be pleased to make any necessary arrangements. The publish er reserves the right to change, without no tice, at any time the specification of this product. No part of this publication may be reproduce d, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (stencilling, photocopying, etc.) for whatever purpose, even purely educational, without the prior written permission o f the publishe r.

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