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School: Effin (C.), Ráthluirc (roll number 8334)

Location:
Effin, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs A. Fitzgerad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 100

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    to be married handles the fortune and in like manner it goes to some other farmer's son. There it is given to somebody else who is getting married and passes on to another until practically the whole parish is settled by means of the same fortune.
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    “An Englishman trying to be witty met Paddy one day and said”

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    An Englishman trying to be witty met Paddy one day and said
    Good day Mr Stone how is Mrs Stone and all the little pebbles
    Paddy thought for a moment, he didt know the other man's name but he said
    Good day Mr Wood how is Mrs Wood and all the little splinters
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
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