School: Kilturk (B.)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Briain
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    in the groin and he dies that night, and from that day to this that rath was never touched.
    Told by Mrs. M. Nolan. Kilmore, Co. Wexford
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Funny Story.
    Wan time there was a big farmer in the parish of Kilmore who happened to have a rath in his land an' one day he made up his mind that the next time he was ploughing that field the rath would be ploughed too. So begob the rath was ploughed an' sowed. The turnips that were sowed on the rath grew as well as in any other part of the field. and the farmer began to boast about the great bucko he was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs B. Freeman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Kilmore, Co. Wexford