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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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  1. A Funny Story

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    There was once two cats and they found a piece of meat and they ran into a garden to divide it. Not been able to divide it evenly they agreed to call a passing fox to settle the case between them.
    The fox kindly undertook he broke the meat and he put into the scale but one was heavier than the other. He ate a piece of the heavy one and he put them into the scale again but the other one was heavier this time and he ate another piece of it. He kept on like that
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Ronan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Pat Ronan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownlough, Co. Mayo