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School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

Location:
Kiltybo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Michael S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 435

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  1. A Funny Story

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    Once upon a time a father and lived together.
    One day the father put the son a riding on a ass. He met a man and the man said to the son "It is fitter for your father to be on that ass than you".
    The son came off the ass and the old man went on the ass. They went on until they met another man and he asked how long did they come and the father told him.
    The man said "You are the bad old man having that poor lad walking."
    The father told him the tale, what the other man had told him. "Well' said the man, "Why don't the two of you go on the ass"?
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonmore Lower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Healy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmore Lower, Co. Mayo