School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

Location:
Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 321

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  1. Once upon a time, there was a man and he was always drunk.
    His wife, to prevent this, got up early one morning, and hid his trousers, saying to herself "He can't go out now for drink", and off she went to her work.
    On comoing in from the garden she was surprised to see him sitting at the fire and humming to himself.
    Solomon the wise or Samson the strong
    Could not take a trouser off a man it is not on"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lawder
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim