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School: Mullinavat Convent

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Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr M. Lorcán
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    sale. There was nobody there only his wife. She was very cross and she knew that her husband was nicknamed the "Puck" so she got very cross and told him to be gone, but he insisted on her selling him the "Puck". She got a "sprong" and ran after him and said "By jingo'ill let you know about the Puck. The poor goat buyer got a terrible fright and never came into the townsland after.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mc Donald
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Mc Donald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynoony West, Co. Kilkenny