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School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

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Ballyadams, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 155

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    he sowing. The man was very smart and he said he was sowing raw ones. The priest said he would not be half as smart if (he) asked him a word of the Catechism.
    "Ask me a word" said the man.
    "What is Baptism" said the priest.
    "It was half a crown" said the man, "but since you came here it is five shillings".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamas O Broin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corbally, Co. Laois