School: Brittas (roll number 12217)

Location:
Brittas, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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  1. Once upon a time an English man, a Scotch man and a Irish man, were walking along the road.
    The English man, boasting of himself, said that he was mistaken for a king
    Then the Scotch man said that he was mistake(n) for a Duke.
    The Irish man then said that he was mistake(n) for God, that a woman ran across the street to him and said "O good God is that you?'
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Mac Alainn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brittas, Co. Dublin
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    Once an Irish man was out in Africa, and he was looking for digs.

    Once an Irish man was out in Africa, and he was looking for digs.
    But he wished to stop with white people.
    He came to this lodgeing house and it was ruled by a white woman.
    He got lodgeing from her, and he told her to call him early next morning for work.
    It was all black men that were stopping in that house so when the woman got the Irish man asleep she painted him black. Next morning he was called early and when he was going to his work he was passing by a mirror and he saw himself all black. He went back to the woman and he said to her "You called the wrong man.
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