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School: Oileán Mhuire (Lady's Island)

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Lady's Island, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
G. Ó Murthuile
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    the seat out of his breeches. John's father gave him two slaps, and Jack Mahony never came any more to teach John. His father sent him to Tullow to be a monk. When he came up home he wouldn't get up early, so one day his father said -"I sent you to be a monk and you came home a monkey."
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ring, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    83
    Address
    Ballydusker, Co. Wexford