School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)
- Location:
- Baile Uí Éafaigh, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Néill
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A Funny Story (continued)
“There was a patient who had just left a local hospital after having been operated on for appendicitis.”
(continued from previous page)morning a Catholic priest came along on horseback on an urgent sick call and asked the patient to hold the horse. The patient not finding himself able, refused but the priest got angry with him and told him that he would stick him to the ground.
The patient, seeing the priest's anger told the priest to stick the horse to the ground and that no-one would be needed to hold him.A Funny Story
“There were two men living in this place some time ago. They were great friends with each other.”
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- Thomas Brunnock
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Dún, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Michael Brunnock
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- An Dún, Co. Thiobraid Árann