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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

Location:
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 040

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    saw Jourdan aten off the plate, an' when he cleaned off the plate Mary sed.
    "There's another bit in the Mick if you care about it," and Mick tacked the pot and cleaned it out.
    The next day Jourdan went to the forge again, and he was no sooner inside the door when Johnny had it at him about aten the woman's pap last night.
    "G -- blast her sowl the ---" sez
    Jourdan, "she couldn't give a bit of pap to a man without talking about it around the country."
    Jourdan anyhow happened on Mary some time of the
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    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
    Mary L. Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adamstown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Edward Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Courthoyle New, Co. Wexford