School: Cuinche
- Location:
- Quin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0595, Page 183
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- One fine day two little frogs fell into a cream-tub. One frog was very brave but the other was not. Both swan hard trying to get out.
One frog lost courage saying "We are both going to die and he died. He sank to the bottom of the tub.
The plucky frog kept on swimming round working his legs until at last he turned the cream into butter.
When the butter gathered he rested himself on he top of it. When the dairy-woman came in the evening she let the frog go loose and in this way it saved its life.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Clune
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quin, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John T. Clune
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Quin, Co. Clare
