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School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

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    A Funny Story.
    Once upon a timethere lived two brothers in Swords whose parents were dead. One was a sensible young man and the other seemed to be simple. One Sunday the sensible man went to the church and left the other brother to get ready the dinner. They had a pig's cheek and turnips for their dinner. When the brother was taking the lid off the pot he saw one of the turnips in the pig's mouth. Then he ran to the church door and shouted to the other brother to come home quickly that the pig's cheek was eating all the turnips.
    Written by:-Joseph O'Reilly, Dublin St. Swords.
    Told by:-Joseph O'Reilly, Dublin St Swords. Senior.
    A(63).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Joseph O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin