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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 135

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    The boys of the district went to the shoe-makers shop for a ramble. Owen as usual was preparing a meal for himself. The door was locked and the boys started to throw turf into the can in which Owen was boiling his meal. Owen knew when stirring it that there was something hard in the can. He knew that the boys were trying to play a trick on him. He got into a rage, took up his walking stick and bleached all around him although he could not see anyone. The shoe-maker got in grips with Owen. The simple old man got frightened and he burst out through the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon