School: Cill Liath (roll number 8696)
- Location:
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Murchadha
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- There was once a simple Irish farmer out west who was one day visited by a German who wanted to buy a turkey. The German could not speak english but he managed to say the word turkey or something like it showing his pocketbook at the same time. And it is a toorkey you want to buy said the Irishman so he called his wife to bring the gintleman a toorkey from the hinnery. The wife spoke to her husband and said how can you sell him a toorkey when we never had the likes.
The husband said give him the ould goose, can't you see not a word of english does the gintleman spake, sure he'll never know the difference.
- Collector
- Lulu Ahern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Sim Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
