School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)

Location:
Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs. Flood
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  1. An Irish man once went to America and when he was a few years in it he thought he would buy him-self a pair of new shoes. He had a brother in Ireland and he thought he would send him a pair of shoes also. He bought the shoes and he went to the post-office to
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Richard Waldron
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon