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1. Funny Stories Collected Locally

   

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   Once upom a time there was an old parson who wanted his pants fixed. He went to the tailor, and the tailor thought it was time for him to get a new one. So he went out and got a nest of ants, and put them in the patch on his pants. When Sunday came, and when he started to preach to the people the ants started at him. He pulled this way, and that way, until he had to give up. So he said "my dear people I must leave, the word of God is in my mouth, but the devil is in my breeches."

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)
   2. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Francis Whelan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Bernard Whelan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim

2. Funny Stories Collected Locally

   

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   Once upon a time a man was going to a fair on the 1st May. He

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