School: Na Creaga

Location:
Creggs, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Breandáin
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  1. An Irish man after landing in New York, was taken by a friend to see the sky-scrapers. The friend asked him if they could beat that in Ireland, and the irishman said by long odds, "What is it to the four mile house in Roscommon."
    A mistress once got the present of a hare from a friend, and she told the maid to have it ready for dinner at half-past twelve. The mistress rang the bell, and the maid said "what do you mean, "I won't have her plucked tomorrow evening.
    There was once a man passing by a graveyard, and he said "please God if I live long enough I will be buried there.
    A young man was once frightened by a ghost, he told the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angie Kilby
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Keaveney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway