School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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  1. Once a black man bought a watch and after a few days it stopped. He brought it back to the shop but they could not tell what was wrong with it. When he got home he opened it and inside was a dead fly. "Goodness", said the man "De engine driver am dead, no wonder it has stopped."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Duleek Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr O' Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Sunnyside Cottages, Co. Louth
  2. Once a man was at sea in a big ship. He was always talking and the people soon got tired of him. One say he was running around the deck trying to tell the people something but they wouldn't listen. The captain spoke to him and said, "Here old man get if off your chest by singing it. The man started.
    "Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    And never brought to mind
    The poor old cook's fell overboard
    And is twenty miles behind.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Duleek Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr O' Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Sunnyside Cottages, Co. Louth