School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (B.), An Gleann (roll number 11307)

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Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Cathasaigh
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    Once there was a man digging Potatoes in his garden near Listowel.

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    A Funny Story
    Once there was a man digging Potatoes in his garden near Listowel. Another man came out from the town and stood looking at him. He said to the man in the garden "there is not much between you and a fool." "Nothing but the ditch of the road said the man in the garden."
    William Kiely.
    (told me by my father - Michael Kiely,
    Aughrim Newtown Sandes Co Kerry.
    16.10.38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Kiely
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Kerry