School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)
- Location:
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: C. Ó Maonaigh
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- (continued from previous page)"There you are and there is your egg. I would not listen to you for it."
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- Collector
- David Mc Combs
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corkeeran, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Charlie Armstrong
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corkeeran, Co. Monaghan
- A man and woman were not long married, a visitor came to the house. The man took him out to show him his farm. He said, "That is my field and that is my crop of potatoes. I did this and did that." Then his wife came out and said, "John that is my field and that is my crop of potatoes, and I did this and I did that". You should have said, "we did this and we did that." So the next morning the man was up first and then his wife got up. She was(continues on next page)
