School: Glin (B.)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0481, Page 017
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- (continued from previous page)And his name was Miles from Dublin.
- There was an advertisment in the paper for tailoring. English, Scotch, and Irish Paddy went in for it. The Englishman said he could make a suit of clothes if he saw a man going round a corner. The Scotchman said he could make a suit of clothes for a man if he saw him. Irish Paddy said if he saw the corner a man went round he could make a suit a of clothes for him.
- Irish Paddy was going down to the shore with a loaf of bread. There was a woman with a dog and he said, "throw him a bit" meaning throw him a bit of bread. Paddy caught the dog and threw him into the river.
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- Collector
- Kevin Barrett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shannon Lawn, Co. Limerick
