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   and flung it out in the yard. The child then said "may bad luck to the tailor that told you". The man came into the house and he saw his own child in the cradle.

   

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   “One time there came to Coolrain an old man. ...”

   

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   One time there came to Coolrain an old man. He was a pensioner out of the army. He was always drinking, One night he drank so much that he fell into a trama. The other men that were with him thought he was dead. They made a coffin out of tea chests. They put the man into it and started to the graveyard in Annatrim. On the way they hit the coffin against a style. The man wakened up and called for half a gallon of beer. The men said he spoke too late hammer on the lid. They carried him to the graveyard and buried him.The grave can still be seen.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Dooley

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Coolrain, Co. Laois

   Informant

   James Dooley

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolrain, Co. Laois