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School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

Location:
Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 036

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    I married my wife on Monday
    Cut a stick on Tuesday
    Bet her well on Wednesday
    Sick she got on Thursday
    Died she did on Friday
    Glad I was on Saturday to bury my wife on Sunday
    Dan Dan the dirty man washed his face with a frying pan, combed his hair with a leg of a chair. Dan, Dan, the dirty man.
    There were two people in court one day. When one of them went home his neighbour asked him how he got on. He said that the other man said he would whitewash the yard with his blood.
    A Lady asked a boy one day was he pleased with the new school and he said no. She asked him why and he said "they made me wash
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Tynan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogharinka, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Tynan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clogharinka, Co. Kilkenny