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1. The Policeman and the Boy

   

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   Once upon a time there was a police man going about the country looking for unliscensed dogs. One day he met a small boy and he asked him if he knew anywhere there was an un liscensed dog. The boy told him where there were two dogs that there were not a penny paid out of them this year. So the police man gave him five shillings for telling him. The boy brought him across ditches until he came to a boghole. "Down there" said he "there are two dogs and there was not a penny paid out of them this year. The boy had to run, for his life or the police man would kill it.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kate Carty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockroe, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Michael Carty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knockroe, Co. Roscommon

2. The Man and his Wife

   

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   Once upon a time there was a man and he was afraid to get married because he thought the wife would eat too much. One day a grand young lady came to him and told him

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