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Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 183

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    want the shark to swallow him. They thought the grinding stone would take him to the bottom quickly. They threw the dead sailor over board and as soon as the shark saw him coming he opened his big mouth and swallowed him. Soon after that his son died on the same ship. They rest of the sailors rolled the dead body in canvas as they did with his father. They tied a hatchet out of him and they threw overboard. When the shark saw him coming he opened his mouth and swallowed him. Now the father and son were inside in the shark's stomach.
    One day the sailors killed the shark and they drew
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Crosse
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Allenwood South, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Andrew Campbell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Allenwood, Co. Kildare