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

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
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Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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    the wall and he said “what about the one behind the wall”. The old man thinking they were referring to him ran up the grave-yard for all he was worth.
    (B) Once upon a time a party of Irish soldiers were kept prisoners in an English camp. One night when the captain was doing his rounds of the prisoners camp he found one of the beds empty, so he shouted “who owns this bed and one of the prisoners answered in Irish “Is liomsa é”. The captain then said “I don't care wheather it is lumps of hay or lumps of straw you'd better get into it quickly”
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Danny Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal