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School: Harold (B.), Dalkey

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Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ó Maoláin
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    5-4-38 A Funny Story
    About thirty years ago two Dalkey lads went for a walk one night. They walked up to Ballybrack. They were coming home when they saw a big orchard. They looked over the wall and one of them said that they were nice apples. The other said they were and asked him to come in for a few. The other said he would. They got a sack and went into the orchard and filled it with apples. They got out of the orchard and walked down the road until they came to a low wall. They said that they would get over the wall and divide the apples. When they were getting over
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Convent Road, Co. Dublin