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School: Cill Ábhaill

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Killavil, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0380

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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