School: Borris (B.)

Location:
Borris, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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  1. One night in the year 1890 there was a young boy named Matthew Doyle who lived in Currane Borris Co Carlow, he was a very wild chap.
    This night when he was fighting with another chap, a man named Paddy Keegan Currane Borris Co Carlow dressed himself up in a white sheet and took off his boots and got a big chain and began to follow the chap who ran into the ditch and when Paddy ran passed him he ran out of the ditch and followed Paddy and said. "Little Spegget follow big spegget and ate him".
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jerry Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballynasilloge, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Edward Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballynasilloge, Co. Carlow