School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)

Location:
Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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  1. There was a man living in Doobally about a hundred years ago and he had a corn on his toe. He could not wear a shoe with it. One day he was drinking in a shop with a man. The man asked him why he did not get a cure made of limewater he said he did but it was no good he said. There was a man going in a car to a doctor who could cure corns. But when he got to his house it was dark. The doctor said he did not like working in the dark at corns he would have to wait till daylight. The man asked the doctor would he
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Laurence Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Doobally, Co. Leitrim