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School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall

Location:
Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhártain
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    sooner". "How do you act", said the priest. The man put his feet over his head and performed many other tricks. The priest told him to go away.
    The next person who went to confession was an old woman. She asked the priest not to give her penance as he had given to the other man because she would break her bones. The poor woman thought when she saw the man tumbling that that was his penance.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs O' Rourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cootehall, Co. Roscommon