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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
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An tSr. Aileabhaird
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    both fell out and did not speak for a considerable time.
    The following Christmas Eve they wee at the fireside as usual and the old man asked his wife if she remembered when they heard the thrush singing last Christmas Eve. She replied that it was a blackbird and not a thrush and the argument continued as before and lasted for the rest of their lives.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1365B: Cutting with the Knife or the Scissors
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoloney, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John P. Manly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Tipperary