School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)

Location:: Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:

Mode:

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 137

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.
Download

Report a problem to eolas@duchas.ie

Let us know if you see incorrect or inappropriate information here.

Notice and Action Policy Statement

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

XML School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney
XML Page 137
XML “Funny Stories”
XML “Funny Stories”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

Funny Stories (continued)

Share Share Post

(continued from previous page)

him, The priests overtook Jack and said to him. "Hello Jack" where are you going now? An I'm going into the town said Jack. Your'e looking very downhearted said one of the priests. An I am Father said he I haven't a penny in by pocket. One of the Priests called him over and gave him one shilling and Jack said "God bless you Father". Then the other priest said "here Jack I won't be worse than my friend" God almighty Bless you" said. Now said the priests what's the difference between "God Bless you" and "God almighty Bless you" Sixpence replied Jack.

Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
History Edit
Funny Stories

Share Share Post

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.

One day a man by the name of Mick Ganour of Rathdowney took the pledge from a priest. The same day the priest was coming down the street and he saw Mick going into a Public House and he called him. Where are you going Mick said he.Into have a pint Father, I thought you took the pledge said the priest. Ah I did Father but I broke it again. Well now said the priest don't you know very well that when you're going into that Public House that the devil is going with you. Ah well if he is Father he can pay
(continues on next page)

Cancel
Transcription guide »
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.
Topics
1. genre
  verbal arts (~1,483)
  jokes (~6,086)
Language

English