School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

Location:
Glentogher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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  1. There was once a protestant man who put up a great building and he wanted no Catholics to enter it, and he wrote up on it "No admission for Roman Catholics". Paddy was one day passing by and he saw this and he wrote below it, "The man who wrote this wrote it well; the same is written up on the gates of hell."
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Barney Mac Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Meenyollan, Co. Donegal
  2. There was once an old man on a bus and he fell asleep. The conductor came up to him and asked him had he a ticket and he half woke up and said "wha". The conductor said again "your ticket please or
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