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School: Turloch (roll number 10286)

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Turlough, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 189

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    cleaner than the other. He turned back and gave the shoe-black the twopence. In a very short time his boots were both shining brightly.
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    A Story
    Once upon a time an Irishman went to England looking for work, and he could not get any. So he decided to try his own plan. He got some fine sand, and he got dust out of a tree that was decayed. He then mixed the dust and the fine sand together and made them up into little packages and started going around the country selling it as flea powder. So the first man he met was a butcher and the butcher said, "I am glad to see you coming. I am annoyed here with fleas." The butcher
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Hale
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynew, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Hale
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballynew, Co. Mayo