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School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)

Location:
Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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    There was a farmers who killed a bull for the use of the house. The servant got a great plate of turnips and only got a little bit of the bull. He asked for another piece but the woman said, "Do you want the bull to be roaring in you all day?" "It will not be for the want of turnips anyway."
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Callion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigans, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Callion
    Gender
    Male