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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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    -tion on the barn door and departed. But the man could neither copy nor read the writing. What was to be done? At last a happy thought struck him. He took off the door and placed it upon his back and carried it to the nearest chemist's shop. There the great prescription was set up in the street and the medicine was prepared for the patient.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Bonner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neil Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal