School: Dealgain (roll number 11770)

Location:
Dalgin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Breandán Ó Riain
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    ort". Dubhairt an buachaill leis. Má tá iomprochaid mé é níos agus chaith sé
    an sagart ins an uisge.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There was once an Irishman over in England. He got work from a farmer. This day he was in the haggard and he was looking up to the big stacks of corn. "Well Pat" said the farmer. "Have ye stacks like them in Ireland. My father has stacks and where the turkeys go up on them at night they pick the stars out of the sky. "Well done Pat" said the farmer walking away.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1920: Contest in Lying
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballymary, Co. Galway