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School: Abhainn Bheag (roll number 3924)

Location:
Owenbeg, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Criostóir Mac Gáfraidh
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    would gather a bag of feathers on a windy day. Then he asked which of them was the laziest, and they said as before "Confound it" said the King "I am as bad as ever", and just then he fell dead. The prophecy was fulfilled, and he failed to decide which of them was to get the wood.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Gibson
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Fortland, Co. Sligo