School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)

Location:
Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Hanna Mannix
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  1. Iúl an 25 adh Lá 1938
    Folklore
    A sailor met a farmer one day and the farmer asked him where did his father and grandfather die? the sailor told him that they died out at sea, "well said the farmer if I were you I would never again go out to sea.
    Then the sailor asked the farmer where did his father and grandfather die, the farmer told him they died in bed, well said the sailor "if I were you, I would never go to bed.
    Maggie Browne
    Castlefarm
    Firies
    Age 12 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Castlefarm, Co. Kerry