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School: Druim an Easbuig

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Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 214

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    One day a man by the name of Thomas Clarke went to the fair of Virginia with an ass and cart. He spent the day in Virginia; that night he came home drink. When he was coming home along the road he fell asleep. A few mile outside of Virginia he met a few tricky boys. The ass stood along the road; the boys took the ass out of the cart and hid him at the back of some ditch. When the man wakened he found he had no ass; he went to some house near hand and asked them did they find an ass; they answered "No". He said, "If I am Thomas Clarke I lost an ass and if I'm not I found a cart"
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mac Manus
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumanespick, Co. Cavan