School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)
- Location:
- Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó hÉigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0863, Page 101
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“Once upon a time there was a man and his wife living together in a house. This Sunday morning as they were getting ready to go to mass a black bird with its tail cut perched on top of the half door.”
Once a upon a time there was a man and his wife living together in a house This Sunday morning as they were getting ready to go to mass a black bird with its tail cut perched on the half door. The woman looked and said "Oh look at the black, bird with her tail cut." "That was cut with a knife," said the man, "no" said the woman "it was cut with a scissors" so the two of them stayed disputing the matter until the man killed her. When she was dying she held up her hand and made shapes with her two fingers like a scissors. That was to show him that the black bird's tail was cut with a scissors.
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- Bridie Manning
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- Female