School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
- Location:
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Seanán
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- 1. Person who told it:- Mr. John Meagher.
2. Address:- Ashe Road. Nenagh.
3. Age:- 40
4. Occupation:- Shop. Assistant.
5. Birth Place:- Thurles.
6. Person who told him:- His father Ed Meaher (deceased)
7. Age when he died:- 76.
8. To whom told:- Maura Mc Loughlin (12)
Cudville, Nenagh.
There was two companions living in the village of Toomevara. One of them was an illiterate man. The illiterate man had received a letter the previous morning from his girl friend who was in Dublin. The illiterate asked his companion to answer the letter and he did. The illiterate man told his companion to say "that they had a "Rapshally" in their next door neighbours house. On coming to the word "Rapshally" he asked the illiterate man to spell it, but he answered, "You need not spell it only write it.
- Collector
- Maura Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Cudville, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr John Meagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Shop assistant
- Address
- Ashe Road, Co. Tipperary
