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

Location:
Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sean Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 006

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  1. A Funny Story I Heard

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    Some years ago there lived a man who lived in Windtown, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath. Every morning he got up and went out to milk the cows.
    When he went out to milk the cows he got no milk. One morning he went out an hour earlier to milk. He brought with him a gun and a crooked sixpence. When he reached the cows he saw a hare drinking the milk from the cows.
    He put the sixpence into the gun and fired at her and wounded her.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Fitzsimons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghalasty and Ankersland, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Tom Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath