School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

Location:
Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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    parents surely laughed when they got it.
    "I left home, and I am here now
    And if they post post office was big enough
    I would send you a Cow.
    He was a very wild boy, and after that he sent manys a good letter home to them.
    When he first went out to Australia; he worked for two years, and then he got a farm of land. The way they sell the land in Australia is the put it up, and they all buy
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Edward Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumboy, Co. Leitrim