The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A SHAGGY DOG

A YOUNG COUPLE BOUGHT A STRANGE PET CALLED A RARY
BUT FOUND THEY COULDN'T KEEP IT, AS IT ATE LIKE A
HORSE. SO THEY ABANDONED IT FAR AWAY, BUT IT
RETURNED. THEY TRIED TO DROWN IT, BUT IT SWAM
AWAY; THEY TRIED TO SHOOT IT, BUT THE BULLETS
COULDN'T PIERCE THE FUR, (HERE IS CONTINUED AN
UNENDING LIST OF UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO RID
THEMSELVES OF THE RARY).
FINALLY, THEY GET A DUMP TRUCK AND HAUL THE RARY
TO A HUGE CLIFF AND ARE ABOUT TO TIP HIM OVER THE
EDGE. JUST BEFORE HE FALLS, THE RARY SAYS,
"THIS SURE IS A LONG WAY TO TIP-A-RARY."

Submitter comment: I CANNOT RECALL THE ORIGINAL INFORMANT.

Data entry tech comment: PUN ON A SONG: A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN