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School: Mín na Cille, Mainistir na Féile (roll number 16239)

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Meenkilly, Co. Limerick
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Aindrias Ó Dúnadhuighe
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    “Two men had a bet which would the sister or the wife cry the most after a man.”

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    Two men had a bet which would the sister or the wife cry the most after a man. The man let on to be dead and a crowd came to the wake. The sister began to cry but the wife was going with another man the night of the wake. The sister got disgusted at it, so she then spoke in Irish and this is what she said:-

    "An bóthar rómham atá sé fada
    Agus mo phóca féin atá ró-dhealbh
    Do chuir sí speic(?) leis an buachaill bhí taoibh léi
    Agus ní driotháir Tomás a chaoin sí."

    The wife went home between a half-laugh and a half cry and the sister was going home when her brother said:-
    "Raghadsa leat abhaile" a dubhairt sé.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
      2. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Fhloinn
    Gender
    Female