School: Lisnafunchin, Castlecomer (roll number 16230)

Location:
Lisnafunshin, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 003

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    Once upon a time there was a young fellow...

    Once upon a time there was a young fellow who was very fond of rambling. The boys around the district said that they would frighten. One night as he was coming home about twelve oclock. He has to pass through a graveyard. Three fellows went to the graveyard. There was a grave made for somebody to be buried in it. One of the fellows stretched down in the grave as the fellow came along whistling. The man in the grave said in a ghostly voice. "Let me rest". The fellow in the grave repeated it again.
    The boy went over to the grave and said, "O did they go away without covering you". So the rambler went over to the grave and got a shovel and covered him with clay and ran home.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Harding
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Harding
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Esker, Co. Kilkenny