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School: Cill Ábhaill

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Killavil, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0382

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  1. A Boy's Confession (continued)

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    gate. He carried in the small bag of small stones and threw them beside the confessional box. They made a great noise and the priest put out his head and asked "Whats that" Those are the little ones said the boy and your reverence must come out and give me a hand with the big ones.
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  2. A Hungry Cow

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    Some time ago Jim Frank had a cow that used to eat clothes. One day Jim was out working and he took off the waist-coat. The cow came along picked up the waist-coat and ate it. When the cow calved shortly afterwards to Jim's surprise the waistcoat was buttoned around the calf.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Florrie Benson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountirvine, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Benson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountirvine, Co. Sligo