School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

Location:
Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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  1. This is an old saying still kept up by the old people of today. Artey Rowley was getting married to Hollys Anne or this is what they used to call the wife. He invited many of the the neighbours to the wedding. Long ago the food they people used always have at the weddings was "Bacon and Cabbage" and then of course they would have some porter and drink.
    Poor Artey was not very clever and the neighbours thought they would play a trick on him. They planned that they would steal all the porter and then steal the bacon, and he was so much afraid of the porter he had it hid under the bed the whole day.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pilib Mac Aonghusa
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mr Peter Mulvey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Mohill, Co. Leitrim