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"examples": [
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"ref": "1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge)",
"text": "'We know him indeed, this boy,' said Conall Cernach, 'and we know him none the worse that he is a fosterling of ours.",
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"ref": "1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge)",
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