School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0013

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  1. There were two men named John and Michael. The two of them were very lazy. One night Michael was out rambling and John was alone in the house.
    After a while a lot of ramblers came in and John put them splitting potatoes and he went to bed himself.
    When they had all the potatoes they threw the bad parts of the potatoes in on top of him in the bed, then
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Kerins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigans Upper, Co. Sligo