School: Coill Íseal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 14202)

Location:
Killeeshal, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0644, Page 128

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  1. Bhuail fear isteach chun tigh m'athair nuair a bhíos im lead óg. Ní raibh ann ach fear lag-inntineach gurbh ainm dó Ned Néill. Nuair do shuí sé d'iarr mo athair de an raibh aon scéal nua aige. Dúirt sé go raibh. "Inis dúinn é, a Ned" arsa m'athair.
    "Bhfuel", arsa Ned "Roger Whelan killed a pig two days ago and now everybody is taking a head of her".
    "How many heads had she, Ned?"
    "Yerra, you foolín" arsa Ned "sure a pig don't have but one head any time".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Conaire
    Gender
    Male