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   “Long ago there lived in a place called Townawilly a man named James Boyle.”

   

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   home but from that day until he died he spoke only very seldom. When he was found he described the nice food which he got. He never grew one inch afterwards.

   

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2. A Funny Story

   

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   Once there were four Gentlemen stopping in Ardara. They had two good hounds and two guns. Every day they used to go out hunting and shooting. One day they were out hunting in a broad moor in Atlinagapple about four miles from Ardara. However this day they were shooting for a long time but got nothing. Near this moor there lived an old woman and her grandson. They were very poor and for nearly a month the boy had been crying for a pair of shoes but his Grandmother was too poor to buy them. She told her grandson to go down to the gentlemen and tell them that he would rise them a hare which none of them would catch.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Ann Mc Nelis

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Ardara, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   William Mc Nelis

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   101

   Address

   Ardara, Co. Donegal