School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (C.), Carraig na Siúire

Location:
Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Dhálaigh
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
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    AT1697: “We Three; For Money.”
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    Mr John Roche
    Gender
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    Address
    Monadiha, Co. Waterford
  2. There was once a woman who had two diviners working for her every day and they were two Protestants. When night would come they would not wait to say the Rosary. One night she kept them to say the Rosary and when they had it said, one said to another "Did you hear her saying 'May the Divine Assistance remain always with us'?" And they thought she meant that they
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