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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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   the shopkeeper, but I'll charge you nothing. He went out and went working again When the house was finished the owner of it gave him his daughter to marry.

   

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2. My Native Village

   

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   My native village is called Lissananny in the parish of Kilconly in the baroney of Dunmore. There are twenty houses in it now. There were only sixteen in it long ago. There are fourteen thatched houses and six slated houses in it. The most common surname in it is Daly. The village is called Lissananny because there is a Liss and a cut away bog. There are nine people over seventy years in the village. They are able to tell English stories. None of them are able to tell Irish stories. There names are David Devaney, Peter Daly,

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Lissananny, Co. Galway

   Collector

   David Devaney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lissananny, Co. Galway

   Informant

   David Devaney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   77

   Address

   Lissananny, Co. Galway