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School: Tillystown, Bray (roll number 9845)

Location:
Shanganagh, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Heoghanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0798, Page 177

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    mantle piece. The clock started alarming. The Irishman said if you don't stop I will break you back. The second time it started alarming the Irishman lifted up the window. He threw the clock out, and it hit a guard on the back and he began to moan. He shouted "My back is broken". The Irishman said I told you I would break your back.
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    There was an Irishman looking for lodgings. He went from one house to another till he came to one particular house in which there was a haunted room. The woman asked him would he have it and he took it. That night when he came to the house he brought his gun with him. He went to
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Occupation
    Gardener
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Dublin