School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)

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   heard the rattle of cups indicating that refreshments were moving. Soon he was wide awake and gave a wonderful rendering of the Song of the Pope.

   

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   “Once upon a time there lived a family named Purcells where Fitzpatricks are living now. One night old Tom Purcell died, and in a few days time his daughter Mary gave away his trousers to a poor man living nearby because the rest of his clothes were not wo”

   

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   Once upon a time there lived a family named Purcells where Fitzpatricks are living now. One night old Tom Purcell died, and in a few days time his daughter Mary gave away his trousers to a poor man living nearby because the rest of his clothes were not worth giving. One night as Mary was going to bed she went to close the window, and who did she see but Tom standing in the yard holding the trousers in his hands, because Mary gave away the trousers, and forgot the braces.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bessie Dwyer

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Patrick Dwyer

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   85