School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)

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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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   of his voice: "Give it to him, boys." While shouting, Saunders was making violent motions with his hands to make it appear that he was very angry and furious on account of the mean theft that had been carried out.
   This was clear evidence against Crowe in the minds of the hungry men and it made them twice as angry as they had been at first. So they started beating Crowe again with renewed energy in spite of the poor man's protests that he was innocent. They nearly killed him before they let him go.
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2. Another Story Concerning Saunders

   

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   The Story. Another day Saunders was walking along the road by a hedge upon which were clothes hanging out to dry. Saunders examined the clothes and noticed that there were two new shirts amongst them. Now it happened that the shirt Saunders was wearing on that day was very soiled because it had

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   John R. Geaney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Lackbrooder, Co. Kerry