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   “There was once a man who had a hump.”

   

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   hump." The queen said "Go out and put on another hump and let him go home with two humps."
   N.B. I have allowed this to be recorded as so not to discourage the collector or giver.

   

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   “Three women were going to the fair and they were inside in a public house drinking.”

   

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   III Three women were going to the fair and they were inside in a public house drinking. They were talking about who would make the biggest fool of their husbands when they went. The first woman said she was dead and the man said she was not and the woman said there was only one way to cure her and that was to carry her on his back while he walked on his hands and legs up the church on Sunday in front of the congregation. He said that he would do anything to

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   AT1406: The Merry Wives Wager

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Éamonn Ó Buachalla

   Gender

   Male