
A Story
“Once upon a time there lived an Irishman and an Englishman.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Mike Reilly
[See Types 767 and 915 A. As well as stories of the standard humorous type, there occurs in Ireland a religious tale, which belongs to this category. It tells how a simple boy followed the «straight road» home from church, after hearing the priest advise his flock to follow the straight road in life; later the boy held conversations with holy pictures in the priest’s house.
“Once upon a time there lived an Irishman and an Englishman.”
“Bhí sagart ann aon uair amháin agus níl cuimhne agam anois ca fhad atá sé ó mhair sé. Rinne sé seanamair Domhnach amháin ar gabhail 'un na Flaitheas agus gur bealach cuan, corrach a bhí ann, agus gur bealach leathan fairsing a bhí a gabhail go h-Ifrinn.”
“There was once a protestant Minister who had a garden around his Church.”