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School: Fairche, Cill Dairbhre (roll number 6834)

Location:
Farahy, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 359

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    and he took with him a mouse and a bee. So when they reached the giants house the mouse made a hole in the door. Then Séan slipped his hand in and raised the latch "So far so good" said Séan and he sat down to think how he would kill the giants. The mouse and the bee went in to the room where the giants were in bed. They snored so loudly that the little bee was nearly blown through the window. When the mouse and the bee came to the bed they perched themselves between the two giants. The mouse bit one of the giants ears and the bee stung his nose. "Stop" said the other "if you pinch me again I will cut your head off. Then the two giants started to fight and it wasnt long
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Slyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyshonock, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Ballyshonock, Co. Cork