School: Baile Ard
- Location:
- Ballard, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Floinn
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- Once upon a time their lived in the back lanes in Kilrush, a man and his mother. The man's name was Aladden. One evening he went to a very big shop which was situated in the middle of the street for a can of oil. When he was going in the door of the shop he met a man coming out against him and he said that he was his brother. I never heard that I had a brother or anything about it.
The strange man asked him did he want anything. I want the price of a can of oil. Well said the strange man that you will have before five minutes. He took out a pen-knife out of his pocket and left it on one of his hands and said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murrihy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glascloon, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr James Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killard, Co. Clare
