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School: Rahan (roll number 9096)

Location:
Rahan, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Cholmáin
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    Man (to porter) "Which platform is the train on for Cork."
    Porter - "Turn to the left and you will be right"
    Man - "Don't be impertinent"
    Porter - "All right turn to your right and you will be left"
    Paddy was driving some Americans round Killarney they saw some blackberries and they asked him what they were
    Paddy - "They are blackberries"
    Americans - "But they are red"
    Paddy - "That's the colour they are when they are green"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hetty Frankling
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork