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

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 193

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  1. Once upon a time there was a circus coming to Donegal. Two elephants were to accompany the circus, but when the circus arrived there were no elephants. Two men were standing in the circus field when the circus arrived and one of the men said to the other man “why did the elephants not arrive.” “Oh” answered the other man “they were delayed at the border because their trunks had to be searched.”
    Once upon a time there was a boy who was sick and the doctor told him that he would have to go to the hospital, because he had appendicitis. Next morning when the nurse came into his ward, she asked him if he had got pyjamas. “Well” said the boy “the doctor told me I had got appendicitis, but I must have pyjamas too.
    Once upon a time there was a judge
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Shaun Mac Brearty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal