1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Port Ruadh, Aonach Úrmhumhan

School: Port Ruadh, Aonach Úrmhumhan (roll number 11367)

Location:
Portroe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
S.C. Ó Freathaille
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 043

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 043

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

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

  1. XML School: Port Ruadh, Aonach Úrmhumhan
  2. XML Page 043
  3. XML “A Funny Story”

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.

On this page

  1. A Funny Story

    Share Share Post
    Long ago there was a kind hearted woman who loved children. She would often invite them to stop in her house for two or three days. This kind woman was very poor and this troubled her a good deal. One day she was going through a little wood she met a fairy who told her that the cupboard in her cottage would always be full of food. The woman returned to her cottage opened the cupboard door and found that it was full of the finest food. The good woman was delighted for she knew she could invite many more children to her cottage. Not far from her home there lived a witch who knew all about her kindness. Then the witch dressed herself
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Seymour
    Gender
    Male