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School: Multyfarnham (roll number 2405)

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Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath
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Mícheál Ó Tiomáin
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    Funny Story
    During the great storm of 1839 a certain Protestant gentleman's residence was partially wrecked.
    Amongst the articles damaged in the mansion was a picture of St. Peter which was torn from the wall by a gust of wind, the glass on the picture was cracked. Some days later a local tradesman was called in to ascertain the amount of damage done. the lady of the house on coming to the picture exclaimed "Look at poor St. Peter, cracked"
    "indeed madam, I'm not surprised at that," replied the tradesman. "And why so?" inquired the lady, much surprised. "Because if he wasn't, he'd never come in here" was the quick response.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Leavey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballyharney, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mary Leavey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballyharney, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Leavey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballyharney, Co. Westmeath