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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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    Once there was a man living in Bonniconlon who was a great liar. He said he had a very famous dog that would bring home the two cows and two calves every evening. This dog could open the door and close it again when he would drive home the cows.
    This evening he got the cows home but he could not get the calves to come. The dog went home and rubed his tail in milk and ran off again for the calves. This time the dog had no trouble to bring them.
    The Attymass man then started and said he
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Meer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo