School: Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery) (roll number 16719)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Br. T. Ó Briain
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- Every morning a certain boy used to be late for school, but one day he was two hours late and the teacher asked him what kept(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Duffy
- Gender
- Male