School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

Location:
Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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    saw and they were very much afraid of him. Thady caught them at the door and was going to kill them, but the carmen saved them. The next day Thady went home with the carman. He would not stay in Dublin any longer, so he went home "in a gentleman."
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  2. Mary was saving up for her mother's birthday. The present was to be a secret.
    Sometime before the birthday was due, the little girl went to her mother and said "Mum its a great secret, I am keeping for your birthday, but whatever you don't let anyone buy you a handbag."
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    A man was taken ill and his wife hurried him off to hospital. "Has he got a pyjamas asked the matron," as she arranged for his admission. "Pyjamas" exclaimed the wife "I don't know what it is, but he has got an awful pain in his stomach".
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Coogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clogharinka, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Coogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Clogharinka, Co. Kilkenny