School: Mághthobair (Mohober), Dúrlas Éile (roll number 7048)
- Location:
- Mohober, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 024
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- 1. A man from Ballyclouen, with two other men, one a bankmanager and another a poet went into a pub to have a drink. There was a returned yank there. The bankmanager was the first to treat, and then the old yank said he would pay, using the phrase, "When a party meet a party, it is right for that party treat the party". The Ballyclouen man was the next who treated, but the yank used the same phrase again. The Poet was the next to treat, and the poet used this phrase:- "When a party meet a party, and that party treat the party, there is no reason why that party should make a regular party for the party"(continues on next page)