School: Cill Cúlach
- Location:
- Kilcooly, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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“There was a man in Coolaney who used to sell fruit and flowers and when a customer would ask him "what sort of fruit are you selling"..”
(continued from previous page)"There was a man in Coolaney who used to sell fruit and flowers and when a customer would ask him "what sort of fruit are you selling" ..."Fruit and flowers and when a customer would ask him "What sort of fruit are you selling Patsy" he would say "you can taste and try, and if you don't like it you need'nt buy".Some young ladies from Loughrea came to buy some fruit from Patsy. Once made bolder than the rest, plucking fruit and flowers, which was against the rule. "Allow me to tell you miss so and so you are a combination of two sorts". "Well whats that" said she. "Well, said Patsy. "you are a combination of ignorance and imprudence.