School: Damastown (roll number 12327)

Location:
Damastown, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Delia Wilson
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  1. Two farmers were disputing over their crops. One said that he grew the biggest potatoes in the locality and the other said that he grew the biggest mangolds. Neither of them would give in to the other. A few days afterwards the farmer who was supposed to grow the biggest potatoes, sent his servant to the farmer who was supposed to grow the biggest mangolds for the lend of a crosscut saw and the farmer asked him what he wanted the saw for. The servant said that his master wanted to cut a potato. "Well," he said, "I can't give it to you." My men were cutting a mangold across with it yesterday and the saw got stuck in it and they had to leave it there."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1960D: The Great Vegetable
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curragh West, Co. Dublin