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  1. 1. Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns. Source: webster
  2. 2. Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothingwas left but their tails. It is probably a parable of a local contestbetween Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns. Source: adambom

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