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School: Dún Béicín (roll number 14822)

Location:
Doonbeakin, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire Nic Giolla Geanainn
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    A Humerous Story
    One time about seventy years ago a man named Sean Dan of Dunowla, Templeboy, Co. Sligo was coming from the shop and he got a watsh lost on the road and he thought it was an insect He then brought it home and left it on his knee and when he saw the hands going round he got afraid of it and he got a stick and broke it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Golden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunowla, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Dunleavy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunowla, Co. Sligo