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1. A Shy Young Man (continued)

   

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   ask her. They happened to be passing by Carntampool Cemetry and he just though it would be a sporting chance to ask her in to see the tomb stones, and going around, he pointed out one, and said that is where all my folks are buried would you like to be buried there too.

   

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2. A Parson's Journey

   

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   Once upon a time there was a parson in Gurteen. He was driving along the road one day with a horse and cart. The night before was very windy and it felled a tree. The tree happened to fall across the road. When the parson came to it he told his boy to go down and remove the tree. The boy got down and he asked the parson where he would throw it and the parson told

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Florrie Benson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mountirvine, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   James Benson

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mountirvine, Co. Sligo