School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    shirts going of him when he was near landed he wrote to his mother (l) and told her he was on the last ship. Then his mother said can't be he wants the shift of my back after I giving him two shirts going.
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  2. There was a man one time and he was out in the war, when he came home his father died. The priest asked his son for money to say Mass for his father's soul. The man said if he is in hell Mass is no good to him, if he is in heaven he wants no Mass, if he is in purgatory he will have to serve
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon