School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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   were going along the streets one day and they were all trying to see which of them had the best eyesight. The Scotch man said "I see the highest pinnacle of that temple". The English man said "I see a midge on the top of it" and Paddy the Irish Man said "Ah! I see a mote in the midges eye"

   

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2. Another Funny Story

   

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   There was a man who was always drunk. Whn he was out for a day and came home again he would put everyone out of the house except the old woman. One night he came home drunk and he began to wreck the house. He lifted a stick and he broke a pricture of Saint Joseph. The old womman called out "Mother of God he killed Saint Joseph"

   

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3. Another Funny Story

   

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   There was a man named Walker who was very rich. He had a very ugly nose. He got his demesne all done up and he wrote on a poster. "What would men and money not do?" A stone cutter passed shortly afterwards. He read

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Owen Diver

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   46

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Glentogher, Co. Donegal