School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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- A man lived with his wife and mother in the country. His wife was very lazy and would not do a thing from morning until night. She would not even wash the man's shirt.
"Bring down your shirt and put it in a tub and pretend you are washing it" said his mother "and then she cannot but be ashamed". The man turned up his sleeves with a pretence of work. When his wife came in she asked him what he was doing "I am washing my shirt" said he. "Oh" stand a minute" says she handing him one of her own garments. "You may as well give this a rinse for me when you are at it".
- There was a man long ago whose name was Rhymer McGuirk. He spent his time travelling from house to house in Black Row. He was a staunch Catholic and never missed from Mass and he had his palm in his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Hugh Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
