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School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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Brierfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 194

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    he told her to bring it to some smelting company. She told him she was getting twenty pounds for it he told her not to sell it if she did not get five hundred of it the man went away in the morning and she never saw him after that. She sold the statue and she got five hundred pounds for it.
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  2. A Funny Story

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    A Funny story
    A man went one day to Cork to pay his rent. After paying his rent he felt very hungry so he said he would have something to eat. He went into a hotel and asked for a plate of porridge. The waitress told him she
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooloorta, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Fahy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75