School: St Fiachra's, Ullard, Borris, Co. Carlow (roll number 3459)

Location:
Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghuidhir
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  1. Once a man was working in the townsland of Ullard, and did not get enough to eat.
    One day the housewife gave him a large supply of boiled turnips and a little bit of beef.
    When evening came he went to the housewife and complained of the small quantity of beef she had given him "O said the housewife. If I gave you anymore the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghasty North, Co. Kilkenny