Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
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- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0109
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“There was a man atin' his dinner in a hotel wan day...”
There was a man atin his dinner in a hotel wan day an' it was a bit o' a leg o' mutton that he had before him, he was thryin ta tear mouthfuls off it, with his knife an' fork, when the Landlady o' the hotel came in, an' sez she to him "An how di ye like yer dinner Sir".
"Well be cripes ma-am" sez he "I don't know fot its like yet, because I didn't taste any o' it."
Well" she sez "I'm sure y'ill like it, because its excellent mutton." so she went out o' the room. Afther anether file she came back agin, an' he had(continues on next page)