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    probably with resultant flatulence.
    As the boys drove home the sow, Hannah, who was a very big stout woman, with her big bare arms akinbo surveyed her from the doorstep, and when told the reason of her unusual corpulent appearance, exclaimed "Begob, boys, she is bursting with loyalty".
    It is not surprising to relate then, that from that day to this, when the good people of this district hear of anybody showing signs of shoneenism they are very apt to exclaim :- "He is bursting with loyality like Hannah John's sow."
    Writer :
    Nicholas Dempsey
    Monaseed, Gorey
    Thomas Doyle 56 years
    Knockbrandon, Craanford, Gorey.
    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
    Nicholas Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Thomas Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Knockbrandon Upper, Co. Wexford