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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 2258)

Location:
Fermoy, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Na Mná Rialta
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  1. A Funny Story

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    Once upon a time a man who was coming home from town at about 12 o clock in the night saw an umbrella which he went to pick up but which disappeared just as he attempted to catch it. It appeared a second time he tried to pick it up but it vanished as he went to grasp it.
    He travelled farther saw it a third time, attempted to catch it but again it failed him thus causing him much humiliation as he thought he heard a number of people jeering, laughing and making fun of him. He travelled on till he came to a place called “Park a Pike” being unable to proceed any farther on the road he determined to cross the field to a house nearby, he tried to enter the house but was held back by some unseen force.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange West, Co. Cork