School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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- There was a young man who was looking for a wife. But no one would marry him because he was so ignorant. So his neighbour said that he would help him. He brought him into his house and told him to do everthing that he did exactly. The poor ignorant man did so. He copied his teacher as he ate his dinner and used his knife and fork. He placed them on his plate just as the other man did.
When he was finished the teacher leaned back in his chair. The other fellow did the same, but he leaned back too far, and in his hurry caught the table cloth. He pushed everything that was on the table on to the floor.
- Collector
- Susie Johnston
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Johnston
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Tipperary
