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School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)

Location:
Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Ní Choilldubh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 028

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  1. A Funny Story

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    Once upon a time a miserable old lady employed two men to do up her house. She went around to visit it. It looked very beautiful. "Oh", she said "But the pictures are looking very dull. They would need a little to refresh them, what would be the best to get for them?"
    They said about a quart of Whiskey would make them look beautiful. So when the Lady went home she sent around a jar of Whiskey to them. So the two men drank the Whiskey and they sent out for a little Varnish for the Pictures.
    The next day the Lady called again to see how the pictures looked and she said they looked Beautiful. "Oh" she said, "no matter how long you would keep a thing in the house it always comes in useful. My husband used to
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hanna Douglas
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Alsmeed, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr R. Douglas
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Alsmeed, Co. Monaghan