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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

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Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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    The Gentleman and the Carman
    (5) Once upon a time a gentleman employed a man to drive him round the country on a sidecar, for the day.
    When they were going along the road they came to a pool of water on the side of the road. Then the gentleman asked the carman is that pool of water deep.
    The carman said it is sir, for last summer a man went in to have a bathe and he sank and sank until he landed in Australia. After a few weeks his people had a letter from him telling them to send him on his clothes. So you see it must be very deep.
    Thomas Eugene Beglane,
    Carrownurlar, Skreen, Co. Sligo.
    Obtained from,
    Mr John Furey, Lara, Skreen, Co. Sligo.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Eugene Beglane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownurlar, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr. John Furey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Laragh, Co. Sligo