School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhadagáin
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  1. Nellie Fitzgerald,
    Ballynacally,
    Ardagh,
    Co. Limerick.

    A Story.
    Once upon a time there was a fellow at school this day. He had a blot in his copy, and the master asked him, what was it for, and he said it was a pig, and the master told him not to call it a pig but a blot. He had a comma after a word, and the master asked him what was it for, and he said , it was a tail,. The master told him not to call it a tail, but a comma. The next day the boy was absent, and when he came to following day, the master asked him what kept him, and he said, "My father was killing a blot, and I had to hold him by the comma"
    Told by my father.
    Thomas Fitzgerald,
    Ballynacally,
    Ardagh,
    Co. Limerick
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynacally, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Thomas Fitzgerald
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynacally, Co. Limerick