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School: St Feighin's, Collinstown (roll number 14450)

Location:
Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sean Flood
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  1. A Funny Story I Heard

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    Some years ago it was customary with the people of this locality to go for a "ceilidhe" to a neighbouring house. It is with such a night that my story is connected.
    One night some thirty years ago a man was going home from a house in Ankerland. His name was James Cahill. He lived in Cummerstown which is not far from Ankerland.
    He left the "ceilidhe" house at ten o'clock. It was a dark night and his way led him across the "Cummerstown" fields. Many
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghalasty and Ankersland, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Francis Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Aghalasty and Ankersland, Co. Westmeath