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

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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  1. A doctor thought he had cured a patient. One day the patient's brother went to the doctor. The doctor asked if the brother deafness was cured. "Well yes," said the patients brother, "three days later he heard from America."
    A man had to work on a scaffold one time. One morning he was in a hurry and he put on his trousers backwards. When he was working He fell off the scaffold but was not hurt. The foreman came to him and asked him if he was hurt. "No," replied the man, "But I got a hell of a twist."
    A man named Kenny once lived in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny