School: An t-Éadan Mór

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Edenmore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Philib
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Skinnader
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Davagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Peter Skinnader
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Davagh, Co. Monaghan
  2. i. One time there was a minister who had a servant boy. One day he told the boy to go to the tailors for his trousers. When the boy was coming home he put a nest of pismires in them. The minister put them on and went to preach to the people. he was talking about God and he said "God is in my mouth but the devil
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