School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 2909)
- Location:
- Baile an Gharraí, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Conaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0499, Page 269
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.)
- XML Page 269
- XML “A Funny Story”
- XML “A Funny Story”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Paddy the goat was a very odd tailor who lived in the Sparr Ballingarry. He never wore boots and it is said that he got the nick-name because his eyes were like goats eyes and he wore a beard like a goats. His name was Pat McEnery. One day Paddy went to the parson of Ballingarry for potatoes. The parson said to him that he could not eat protestant potatoes because he devil would be in them. "Yerra that's alright sir" said Paddy "sure I'll boil the devil out of them".
- Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- James Irwin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile na Fraince, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- Patrick Irwin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Baile na Fraince, Co. Luimnigh
