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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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    Once there was an american who was always boasting of what he could do. One day he was talking to an Irishman named Pat "I don't need a speed speedometer on my car" said he "I can easily tell what speed I am going at" "Oh" said Pat "that is nothing at all. When I go ten miles an hour the lamps rattle, and when I go fifteen miles an the mudguards rattle and at thirty miles an hour my bones rattle so I do not need a speed speedometer either.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clare Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    James Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Evelyn Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Sunnyside Cottages, Co. Louth