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Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 459

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    that it must be stolen, while he was at the wedding in the chapel. He was ashamed of his life as they say.
    But then the fun came when poor Hoolys Anne went to help to leave in the dinner to the guests. They had plenty of cabbage but had no bacon. The cooks went to ask Artey where was the bacon, and the poor fellow did not know what to say. Of course some of the people thought that he had drink nor bacon at all only that he was pretending he had. When he was looking for the bacon the boys who stole it was there looking at him and there never as much as came a smile out of them. Of course Arty never thought of them taking anything from him - or anyone that was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pilib Mac Aonghusa
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mr Peter Mulvey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim