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1. A Funny Story

   

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   The door of the cottage had needed repairing for many years, but the occupants were quite satisfied to ease it off the floor with a hatchet whenever it jammed. There was a knock at the door and a head popped out of the window to see who was there. The owner of the head quickly withdrew and in a loud voice yelled "Quick its the new priest! Get the hatchet". The priest flew quickly but was hastily called by the man of the house, who explained why he had called for the hatchet, so the priest sat down and laughed.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Desmond Devally

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   12

   Address

   Clooncolry, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Devally

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   Clooncolry, Co. Leitrim

2. A Funny Story

   

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   There was a man one time and he was deaf. He was coming from a fair one day and lost a cow

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