School: Kilturk (B.)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Briain
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  1. Funny Story.
    Another night there was a fella from Kilmore going home from town wud an ass an car and when he was near home he thought he ward something sittin on the car wud him so he looked around an' pon me word, if there wasn't a big dog as big as a calf on the other side o' the car. The man blessed himself and said his act of contrition an' he did not see it any more, but when he went out in the mornin, he ass was dead an' 'twas nearly all pulled ass under. and 'twas pulled about a hundred yards from the stable where it was put
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Freeman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Kilmore, Co. Wexford