School: Aghmakerr (roll number 16455)

Location:
Aghmakerr, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Peadar Ua Dubhthaigh
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    A long time ago an Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotchman were sitting on a bridge one cold frosty evening.

    A long time ago an Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotchman were sitting on a bridge one cold frosty evening. The Englishman asked the Scotchman what would he take and sit on the bridge all night? He said he would not take one thousand pounds. The Scotchman asked the Englishman what would he take and sit on the bridge all night? He said he would not take all the world. They asked the Irishman what would what would he take and sit on the bridge all night? He replied that he would take all the cold in his bones and die.
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