School: Óméith (roll number 3001)

Location:
Omeath, Co. Louth
Teacher:
D. Ó Cuilinn
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  1. Once upon a time there lived a man in Drummullagh who had an idea that he could fly as good as a bird. So one day he made a pair of wings and told the people to come and watch him fly.
    He then got a ladder and went up on top of the house while the people below waited to see him fly. They waited for about five minutes and then the man on top of the house took a jump into the air. He expected to fly away in the air, but instead he fell to the ground into a dung-heap and the people walked away disgusted. Jack Blain was his name.
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        1. jokes (~6,086)
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  2. Once upon a time there lived in Omeath a woman named Betty Mc Givern. One day she wanted to go to Newry to do some shopping and as the trains had just started in Warrenpoint she thought she would like to go by Warrenpoint and see what it
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