School: Ballygar (C)

Location:
Ballygar, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Liatháin
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  1. One time there was a woman and a man that used to be always getting drunk.
    This day the man said he would go to confession and when he came out he met the priest and he told him that he would send his wife.
    His wife went to the church and she went into the confession box but the priest was not there he was gone out. After a while the priest came back but the woman was asleep when he opened the little door she wakned and said, "The same again - two pints a half one
    Margaret Keighery
    bloonriff.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Keighery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonruff, Co. Galway