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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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    About eighty years ago there lived in this locality three brothers named Bacons, Johnny Nicholas and Owen. These chaps thought they were very suple, suple enough to catch a hare. There was another man living next door who used to tell Johnny that neither of them was able to catch an old lame duck. "Well" said Johnny "I'll prove it to you to-morrow Bill"
    "There's a hare in the furry hilly and she runs
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughpark, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Patrick Coyle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughpark, Co. Westmeath