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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 106

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 106

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    Moll Dunlea Is a certain woman who was drunk swore on Father Sheehy. She was afterwards drowned in a barrel of beer. She was buried in a graveyard between Fethard and Clonmel. In the morning the graveyard was moved to the other side of the road, but the grave in which Moll Dunlea was buried remained in the same spot.
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    Topics
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      1. belief (~391)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkenny, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Josephine Denny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cappaghnagarrane, Co. Tipperary

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    “A man once had a lazy ass in a race.”

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    A man once had a lazy ass in a race. It was about the sixth time the ass was in a race. The ass won this race, and the owner getting excited said Good man my son of Eirin I am glad to see you first at last.
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