School: Ardkeenan

Location:
Ardkeenan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
John Meares
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    go. When he came to the nearest graveyard the two men told him to stand. When he stood they took down the coffin, then one of them said "How much will you charge me for carrying the coffin to this?" "Nothing" said the man. "That you may never be short" said the two of them.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
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  3. There was once a man who was going to Dublin. He did not know how to get his ticket. He saw a girl going in for a ticket, the man
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