School: Muileann an Bhata (B.) (roll number 16478)
- Location:
- Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mártan Ó Crotaigh

Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 125
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Muileann an Bhata (B.)
- XML Page 125
- XML “Clothes Making”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- There is only one tailor and two dressmakers. Once a tailor lived in Waterford and some people say he he had magic power. He had a friend living in Ballynooney, Mullinavat named John Reade. One night a horse and harness was stolen on his friend in Ballynooney. The cuprit could not be found, so he told the tailor about his loss. The tailor came to Mullinavat and gave John Reade a mirror to look into. He looked and saw the face of a strange man. The tailor told him that that was the face of the thief. The guards were notified and the culprit was found. He was sentenced and put to jail.
- Collector
- Michael Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynoony West, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Peter Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Ballynoony West, Co. Kilkenny