School: Ballyvongane (Measctha)

On this page

1. A Funny Story

   

   Share Share Post

   One day John Twomey of Rusheen, Aghinagh, was breaking sticks with a hatchet. He was holding a stick in one hand and had the hatchet in the other when the hatchet slipped and cut his finger. That evening he told a friend about the accident and said that if he had his two hands on the handle he would be after cutting off his finger.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. The Liar

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   One night a drunken man, named Jeremiah Golden was going home from Ballinamorrive. He sat down near a stream to light his pipe but after awhile fell asleep. It was freezing very hard and the roads were covered with ice. When he woke his two legs were in the stream and were tied with the frost. On the following day, he met a neighbour and told him what had happened and added that he had to go to ahouse nearby to get a hammer to break the ice and get his legs out of the stream.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

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

   Language

   Irish

   Collector

   Tim Buckley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Laharan, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Tim Buckley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Laharan, Co. Cork