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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 144

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    the horse and dog to the fair and she shout out "who will buy a horse for 5 shillings and a dog for twenty pounds. The two must be bought together" (The horse was worth about £30) She wasn't long getting a buyer and she had the twenty pounds for herself and his people only got five shillings.
    There was a man in Blackwood who could cure the wildfire.
    The cure he had was a drop of his own blood. He died from loss of blood because there were so many coming to him!
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Allenwood North, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mr James Dunne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Allenwood North, Co. Kildare