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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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    There was a man named John, who was moving into a new house. He asked his friends to help him carry over the chicken house. The friends gladly did so. They found it very heavy and they left it down until they would get a rest. One of them asked suddenly "Where is John" and from inside the box came the voice "I am in here carrying the perches.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dunlevy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Sheila Dunlevy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal