and perched on the woman’s nose. When the son saw the fly, he hit him with his stick and made bits of her nose.

There was a man long ago and he had four sheep, he was going along the road looking for them and there was a man slating a house on the side of the road, and he said “good morrow man above isint it early in the morning you are Seatailing your slinn. Did you see four sheeps with four red raddles strokes to day or aru amaireach. The man above said blast your sowl what is that you are saying ? Blast your self sowl have you mind to slug a body for to lorg sé own.