School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)
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- A Funny Story
Philomena Mahon aged thirteen and a half years
Long ago when the fairies were in Ireland. They used to have men working for them and one day a fairy told a man to polish his shoes and the man answered 'What use is it polishing shoes when they get dirty again. The next day the man said he was very hungry and he wanted his dinner but the fairy said "What use is it eating when you get hungry again."
Told by my mother Mrs. Mahon, Tullahanogue Trim (32) - Riddles
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