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School: An Clochán (C.)

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Cloghan, Co. Offaly
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Mairéad, Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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    Many years ago there lived in Eglish a parish priest who had a dog called "Drake". He was very fond of this dog.
    One day the dog was in the kitchen, and the housekeeper had great trouble with him as he was pulling things around the floor.She told the priest and he came and tied him up in his stable.
    As he was going out in the yard he met Larry Dillon who was a great poet and very clever. He asked Larry what would be the easiest death for the dog,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Feighery
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Cloghan, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Michael Hyland
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galros, Co. Offaly