School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:
Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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  2. One day Paddy the Irish man was going down the streets of America with a horse. A man met him and said "what happened the horses knee" Paddy. Paddy said that one leg was longer than the other three, and that he had to put a knot on it.
    Edward Glennon Ballyouskill, Attanagh.
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  3. Bill Doran was going home from the Colliery with a load of culm. When he came to the hill he got up it and the other's would get a loan of a horse for to get up the hill and Bill got up the hill. And they asked
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