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School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)

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Milltown, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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    There was once an English man and an Irishman crossing a bridge over a deep river. There was a swallow's nest down at the bottom of the bridge near the water. The Englishman asked the Irishman to hold him by the feet over the bridge until he saw the nest. The Irishman did as he was told. After a while he got tired and said "hold on yourself till I spit on my fists", the Englishman fell into the river then and was drowned.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Myra Birmingham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Brimingham
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway