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School: Teamhrán (C.) (roll number 14834)

Location:
Tavraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Conmara
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    Long ago when a man or a woman wanted a suit of [?] instead of going to the tailor the tailor use to come to the house. It use to take him three or four days to make a suit and the people of the house use to give him very miserable food. Once a tailor was making a suit of clothes for a man and the woman of the house use to give him very poor food. One day the woman was feeding the hens and ducks on the floor. When the tailor saw them he [?] a bit of thread round [?] finger and then round [?] timble he let the timble fall on the floor where
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marion Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sonvolaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Dunleavy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Sonvolaun, Co. Mayo