School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

Location:
Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Bheirn
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  1. Funny Stories
    Once upon a time there lived an old woman in the country. Whenever she put down a fire it would fill the house with smoke. One day she saw a fortune teller passing the road and she asked her how would she stop the house from being filled with smoke. The fortune teller told her to give her a half a crown and she would tell her. She gave her the half crown and the fortune teller said "Put down no fire and you will have no smoke."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
  2. There was once a man who was looking for work. A man told him to go to another man named Denis O Dowd, a weaver. As he was going along the road he was overtaken by a man with a horse and cart. He told him his story and the man drove him until he came to the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael J. Cunningham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 35
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon