School: Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery) (roll number 16719)

Location:
Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Br. T. Ó Briain
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    what you are trying to say. The cook returned in half an hour and sang the following verse:
    "Should ould acquaintance be forgot
    and never brought to mind,
    The bloomin' cook fell over board
    and is forty miles behind."
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  2. One day a man went into a public house and ordered some whiskey. Having got the drink, he drank it and was opening the door of the shop to leave without paying for his drink. The man behind the counter was surprised the see the man leaving without paying. So he called him back,
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mathews
    Gender
    Male