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School: Cavangarden (roll number 16511)

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Cavangarden, Co. Donegal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 11

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    seeing who could tell the biggest lie. Said the Scotch man, “I would put a ladder in the middle of a field and walk up to the top of it.” Said the Irish man, “that is nothing. I would put a ladder in the middle of a field, walk up to the top of it and pull it up after me.”
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    One day a man met a priest and said to him “Father, do you know what are the four alls of the world?”
    The priest said, “no, but I would like to know what are they[?]” They are the king rules all, God saves all, the priest prays for all, and the poor pays for all.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Carberry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyhorky, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Carberry
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyhorky, Co. Donegal