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Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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  1. A Story on an Englishman

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    One day an Englishman was at a great show in China. The show lasted for six hours. When the show was over he went into a hotel for dinner.
    He got his dinner. When he had his dinner taken he spoke to the waitress of the beautiful meat he had for his dinner. But the waitress laughed because she knew well that if the Englishman knew that it was horseflesh he would not have eaten it, for it was horseflesh he had for his dinner.
    But as the old saying goes.
    "Hunger is a good sauce."
    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
    Mary Julia Heneghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownageeha, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Norah Heneghan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Carrownageeha, Co. Galway