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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Ruis

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Kilrush, Co. Clare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 032

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  1. A Funny Story

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    Long ago there lived a man in Kilrush. One day he was very sick and he went to all the doctors in the town but they could not tell him what was wrong with him. Then he went to a specialist in Dublin and this is the cure he gave him. When he came home he told him to get a woman that would laugh for him and to go to her for an hour every day. So he found the woman and he used to go to her house every day and she used to be laughing at him and he used to be laughing at her. in the end he was cured and he paid the specialist a large sum of money:- He had only told him and he gave the poor woman
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Nagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilrush, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Nagle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilrush, Co. Clare