School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)
- Location:
- Teerelton, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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- Once upon a time a yank who had returned from America for the good of his health took up residence in a hotel in Killarney. It happened that a butcher occupied a room next to the yank's. The latter used generally retire about ten o clock whilst the former used not return until about twelve o clock.
The yank was generally asleep then but the butcher having taken off his shoes cast them across the room thereby waking him.
Things carried on like this for quite a long time until at last the yank had to make a complaint to the proprietor of the hotel. The proprietor then(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Crowley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Reanacaheragh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Timothy Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Reanacaheragh, Co. Cork
