School: Knockerra (B.) Killimer
- Location:
- Knockerra, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 009
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“Once upon a time there was a tailor who went around from house to house making clothes for the people.”
Once upon a time there was a tailor who went around from house to house making clothes for the people. One day he came to a house and his name was Joe Thomson. He was making clothes for the children and a neighbour came in and asked for a coal and the tailor gave it to him, and when he was gone out the tailor put a coal in a tub of water and then the neighbour's coal quenched and he returned for another coal, and the tailor did the same thing. The coal quenched six times in him and he did not come back again. While that was going on the woman of the house was in town, and when she came back she went making butter, but she could not make it. Then she asked the tailor what did he do to the butter, and he said a neighbour was bringing it from her hand, he saved it then he told her to go to the tub and she found the butter there.
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- John Conway
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