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School: Benbawn

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Binbane, Co. Cavan
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    the third commandment. Eh: said the fiddler, do you not know the third commandment the priest said again. No said the fiddler, but whistle a bar of it, and I might pick it up. One tome a man went to the doctor, as he had a pain in his chest The doctor told him to put a poultice on his chest, and to call back in a few days and tell him how he was. The man went back to the doctor in a few days. The doctor asked him was he better. I am a little better he said. Then the doctor said, "did you put the poultice on your chest." No said the man, "I had no chest, but I put the poultice on an old box.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Ebbitt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumerkillew, Co. Cavan