School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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  1. Once upon a time a farmer and his son were going to the market to sell a donkey. The father was riding the donkey and the son was walking. They had to go a long distance and they had to go through many village. When they were going through one village they heard the people talking about the father riding and the son walking, so the father go off and let the son ride. Then when they were going through the [next?] village the people talked about the son riding and the father walking so then they both
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Cassidy
    Gender
    Male