School: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (roll number 15258)

Location:
Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Máirtín
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    One day there were three fellows going to be hanged.

    One day there were three fellows going to be hanged. That night the warder asked the three of them what kind of trees would they liked to be hanged on. The first fellow said an apple tree, the second said a pear tree, and the third said a gooseberry bush.
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      1. belief (~391)
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    John Joseph Mc Keever
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    John Lennon
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    Hughes Park, Co. Louth
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    There is a field in Dromisk and there is a cave in it.

    There is a field in Dromiskin and there is a cave in it. If you go into the cave on the 22nd and face the wall on the right hand side and say to it "Hal Meno" a part of the wall
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