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   “There was once an old woman whose husband died.”

   

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   There was once an old woman whose husband died. One day a man came in sympathising with her. He said it was very sad, and she answered him and said " it was a very great sad". " Look at that old hag in the corner," meaning her mother. " She is one hundred years. God is a queer man that wouldn't take her and leave me my poor man but the first thing that runned into His head that is the one He is bound to sweep".

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. people
         1. factions (~230)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Gorman

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Brisla East, Co. Clare

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   “Long ago there used be great faction fights at fairs and meetings.”

   

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   Long ago there used to be great faction fights at fairs and meetings. One fair day at Kilkee my great great grand uncle Pat McInerney from Dysart near Kilrush had a big crows to meet a crowd from Kilkee. A cousin of his named Scanlon was with the Kilkee crowd. McInerney and Scanlon met and McInereny won. Scanlon gave a hand and word that he would meet him and he would fight (him)

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