School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Cill Mhic Eoghain, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 124
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Funny Stories (continued)
“One time there was a man who was fattening pigs for the fair.”
(continued from previous page)go out and feed one of the young pigs he was going to sell the next fair day. While he was standing waiting for the pigs to finish. He took out his money, and began counting it, and a half crown fell into the pig's pan, which he ate. This troubled the man very much, and he waited to see if the pig would pass it, but he never did.
Funny Stories
“We have several old stories about the people long ago.”
We have several old stories about the people long ago. When motor cars were very scarce, the people did not know what they were so I heard this story of a girl who was to town one day. There was a yankee coming from America(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eileen Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Gabhlán, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- An Gabhlán, Co. Chorcaí