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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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    In the days of the stage coaches. In olden times when money and valuables were conveyed by stage coaches as bag of gold was lost from one of them. It was found by a stone breaker who took it home to his wife without finding out what was in it.
    When his wife found out that the bag contained gold, she thought of a plan to throw the authorities off the scent. When her husband the stone breaker was about to go to his work next morning, she told him that he should go to school today.
    The poor man of
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Curran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beakstown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Matt Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Beakstown, Co. Tipperary