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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 136

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    window, and made for home leaving one boot to the shoe-maker. It is not known whether he got the other boot or not. The school-boys long ago used to have great fun with Owen. They threw stones at the can to vex Owen. One day they vexed him too much. He went to the school and told the master about the boys. The master did not give him much credit only gave him a few tips of the cane. Owen lay in front of the door and would not go away. At long last the master got him shifted but it was time for the school children to go home.
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    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
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon