School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Listellick North, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was a Yank who was boasting to an Irishman from this locality about the hen eggs in America, he stated to the Irish man that they were so big that one of them would scarcely fit inside an ordinary egg basket. "Is that so" said the Irish man. "We had a hen at home in Ireland and when she ate saw dust she used to lay tables and chairs."
- This same Irish man was one day putting in a big rick of hay with the same Yank. In the evening when the rick of hay was finished the Yank was boasting about it and he said to the(continues on next page)
