School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

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Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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    to look around. When he say three they were to run. When he said three he gave the window a kick and broke it and the Shopkeeper came out said to Paddy who did that. Paddy said "them little devils gone down there" and the shopkeeper followed them. When the shopkeeper was gone, Paddy took the two loaves and ran.
    Edward Glennon Ballyouskill, Attanagh.
    John Glennon, Ballyouskill, Attanagh.
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  2. One day Paddy the Irish man was going down the streets of America with a horse. A man met him and said "what happened the horses knee" Paddy. Paddy said that one leg was longer than the other three, and that he had to put a knot on it.
    Edward Glennon Ballyouskill, Attanagh.
    John Glennon, Ballyouskill, Attanagh.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lalor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grenan, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Jer Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny