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School: An Druipseach

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    Rather to the big man's dismay, the latter without the slightest hesitation, reached out for the sovereign,pocketing it with the very naive observation,
    "My mother when dying, made me promise never to be covetous, so to keep my word I must take the smallest".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Magooly, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Edmond Murphy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Magooly, Co. Cork