School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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“One time there was a man whose wife was sick.”
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“Dr.Laid visited a patient in the country and told the wife he would send out a plaster to be put on the troublesome chest.”
Dr.Laid visited a patient in the country and told the wife he would send out a plaster to be put on the troublesome chest. Next day the doctor came again and asked the woman why she hadn't put the plaster on his chest, and she replied "Ah, doctor, I hadn't a "chist" in the house so I put it on the box. Funny Stories
“There was a man going along the street one day.”
There was a man going along the street one day. He saw in a shop window, for sale, an owl. He went in and asked the shop-(continues on next page)