School: Crosserlough
- Location:
- Crosserlough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: L. Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)He makes use of all these implements at his work.
This is a Rhyme about a tailor
When King Arthur ruled the land he ruled it like a king.
He had three sons which he turned out of doors because they could not sing.
The first he was a miller, the second he was a waver and the third he was a little tailor, three thieving rogues together.
The miller he stole corn, the waver he stole yarn, and the little tailor he stole broadcloth to keep the three rogues warm.
The miller he was drowned in the dam, the weaver he was hung by his yarn, and the little tailor ran off with the broadcloth under his arm.
- Once upon a time there was a tailor who used to go from house to house tailoring.
This morning he went to a certain place to finish his work.
When his work was finished at that house he went to a second house.
After being sometime in the second house he lifted his stick and walked out.
When he went out he began to walk from the house to the first house which was about nine or ten perches apat apart.
