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   of his voice. If you are a spirit go to hell. If you are a devil go to heaven. If you are a living person, go in the fairies.

   When he drew nearer he found out it was his own black ass.

   Ellen Finnegan,
   Eyrecourt,
   Co. Galway

   Got from Mrs. Finnegan, Eyrecourt

   

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   Once upon a time there were two boys out playing in a wood. This wood was full of rubbish. The boys planned that they would search the wood from beginning to end to see if they could find anything that might be of any use to them. One of the boys said "well, it's the mischief if we can't find something that will be of use to us". They searched the wood as best they could but the only thing they could find was an old kettle. The boys began to argue to see who would get the kettle. One of them proposed to give the kettle to which ever of them could tell the biggest lie. While they were making up a lie, the parish priest came along, and asked what they were doing. The boys told him and he said "that's a shame for you both, I never told a lie in my life". One of them said "give

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynamuddagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynamuddagh, Co. Galway