ABSTRACT
The priest was goin along an' he meet Mike. Mike ask him for a job. “Yes” he said “Mike” he said “if _ you can answer three questions.” Well _ he'd try. “How uh...how many stars is in the sky? [dears throat] How many stars is in the
sky?” “Don't know.” “How heavy is the moon?” “Don't know.” “What I thinkin about? What have I got in me mind?” “Don't know.” Never got his job. So went along _ he meet uh.. .Pat. Said “How ya get on Mike?” “Oh I never got no job” he said “couldn’t answer the questions.” “What they ask ya?” He told un. [coughs] He told un. “Wellbegar” Mike said...Pat said “Mike, give us your clothes. I'll go an' try.” Give un
his clothes. Went along “Ah Mike” he said. “Answer them questions today?” [aside: sorry for that
tickle (in the) throat.] [coughs] “I'll try” _ Mike said. He said “How many stars is in the sky?” “Too many for you an' I to count.” “How (heavy) is the moon?” “Hundred pound. Four quarters in the moon, each quarter twenty-five pound.” “Right” he said “Pat. What's I...[coughs] what's I thinking about?” “Ya thinks you're talking to Mike” he said “an' it's Pat you're talkin to.” [laughs]
Duration: 1 min., 33 sec. Location: Kitchen of teller's house. Audience: Interviewer.
