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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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    he went himself to a room to sharpen a knife for to cut the hens. The gentleman came in and the cook told him to go out as quickly as he could for the doctor was going to cut the ears off him. The gentleman believed her for he heard the doctor sharpening the knife and he ran as quickly as he could. The cook went down to the doctor and she told him that the gentleman came in and that he snapped the two hens with him. The doctor ran out and the knife with him in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1741: The Priest's Guest and the Eaten Chickens
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Bonner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Charles Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal