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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

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Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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    One time an Irish man went over to England and he could talk nothing but Irish. Happened to lodge in an English Hotel, and having no English you may guess he had some trouble in making known his wants. Among other things, he wanted mushrooms, but could not make the Hotel keepers known of what he wanted, he got a piece of chalk and traced on the wall
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal