School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 108

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    Once upon a time there was a Catholic...

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    answere, so he went to the window. There was a photo of Jesus on the window and when he looked up he saw the head of the painting moving to and frow as if to say, "It's no good he won't be saved."
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  2. In olden times when a person died his friends used to put money in his coffin to pay his fair to heaven. One time a man died and his father gave his brother money to put in the coffin. Instead of putting it in the coffin he spent it in a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Joseph Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny