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School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 160

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    done cut off two more inches. When the brother got up in the morning he found his trousers four inches to short.
    (B) A farmer's son who had always lived in the country, was paying a visit to his uncle in the city. As he was walking along the streets a bulldog attacked him. The boy naturally tried to find a stone to throw at the dog. But the road was made with paving stones lightely rammed down and fixed. When he could find no stones he said “this is an odd place where all the stones are tied up and all the dogs let loose.”
    Once upon a time forty years ago there was a dance in the townland of Moine. It was a dance for classes of people, but the protest
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    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
    Danny Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal