School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 153
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A Funny Story
“There was a man going to drive a corpse and there was a woman going along the same road and she asked him for a lift.”
There was a man going to drive a corpse and there was a woman going along the same road and she asked him for a lift. The road was very rough but the driver of the hearse said he would give her a lift. He had no place to put her but the place where the coffin goes. He put her in the place where the coffin goes and he began to trot the horse and and the hearse became very rocky.
When the woman got out the driver asked her how she enjoyed her drive. She said that it was very rocky. The driver said, "You are the first ever complained.There was a man on time that wanted off the army.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jim Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balleeghan, Co. Donegal