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School: Baile Mhic Aodha (Ballymachugh)

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Ballymachugh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ní Dhuinnín
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    There was an old bachelor who despaired of getting a wife He prayed night and day for a wifeand he got tired praying He prayed this night for God to send him a wife the words he said was O God send me a wife and if she dies send me another and if she dies send me anything with skirts on .
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ludlow Dobson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisduff, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Thomas Sloan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scrabby, Co. Cavan