School: Knockjames

Location:
Knockjames, Co. Clare
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    A funny story.
    (On) 4th. November,1937.
    Once upon a time there was two men living in Tulla.One of the men was a lodger in the other mans house. The man of the house used to his turf inside,(Af) and the lodger used to steal it.After a couple of days the man of the house found that some of his turf had been stolen.he drove a nail in the door next day when the lodger was going to go away with the turf he struck
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Leamy
    Gender
    Male