School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:
Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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  1. This funny story was told to me by Mr. Peter Coleman of Lurgan, Aughrim, Ballinasloe.
    One evening a poor - man went into a house. The woman of the house gave him a potato-cake to eat and he gave a piece of it to the dog. It stick to the roof of the dog's mouth and he began scratching it with his paw to get it out. The man asked the woman then what sort of bread was it. She said "potato-cake." "Well that's not what I call it" said the man "but a dog's Jewharp."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Once upon a time Paddy and an Englishman and a Scotchman had a contest to see which of them had the best sight.
    The Englishman said "I see a fly standing on the North Pole". "What are you saying" said the Scotchman "don't I see his eye" "Ara stop" said Irish Paddy "don't I see him winking"
    One day Irish Paddy and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1626: Dream Bread
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Loughnane
    Gender
    Male