Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0053
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“Well I'll tell ye anether sthory, tishtnt a poteen wan though, tisht'nt but I have plenty more o' them too, from the ould people.”
Transcription guide »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.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.- “There was a great banquet given in Dublin, for the archbishop at wan time, an’at the table he was placed side be side wit the Protestant Bishop of Dublin
Several distinguished people war there an’ they war all speech makin’an’talkin together.
So was the case o’ courche, them bein’ sittin so near other, the arch-bishop, an’the bishop, stharted to talk between themselves too.
An sez the Bishop to the archbishop , “Im walkin through all that time I,ve never been able to know the differ between a good Catholic, an’ a good Protestant. They are all equally good mannered, an’ neither ever seems to commit any crimes. Generally speaking “he sez”
I think there is no differ.
The Archibishop lishtented attentively until he had finished an’ then he cooly remarked “Well you wont be twenty minutes in the nexht world until you know quite well”
The Bishop never said a word, nor the whole evenins while”(continues on next page)