School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)
- Location:
- Gortalough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 495
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- Patrick J. Shannon
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- Mountgaffeny, Co. Sligo
- One day there was a man going along the road with an ass and cart. He met an American gentelman in a car. The gentleman thought to himself that he would have a joke at the expense of the countryman. He stopped the car and said: What is the difference between my vehicle and yours?: The man replied; In my vehicle the donkey is between the shafts, and in ours the donkey is sitting on the seat.
