School: Annacarter

Location:
Mullinaveige, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Mary C. Mulligan
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  1. Some years ago there lived a workman in this locality named Paddy Stevens,
    He was a great wit, and the following story is told of him
    Once a priest, with whom he was working, told him to put the saddle on his horse. Paddy put the saddle on back to front. The priest asked him why he put the saddle on that way. Paddy said "Father you did not tell me which way you were going"
    Once there was a butcher who resided in Enniskerry. On one occasion a woman came into his shop to complain mutton which she had bought saying that there was a lot of bones in it and he said that the next sheep he got without any bones he would send her down a piece of it
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English