School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 398
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- This is the story of a man who had only one suit. He lived in Coole.
One day his suit got wet and he had to remain in bed till his suit was dried. His wife put the suit on the back of a chair beside the fire.
One day she had to go a message and while she was away a strange calf wandered in and upset the chair into the fire and the suit was burned into ashes.
When she came home she got a shock.
In the neighbourhood a dear friend lay dead. Her husband would have to go to the funeral. And he had no suit.
On the day of the funeral the suitless man watched out of the window wrapped up in a blanket.
Then a thought struck in his mind. He called on his wife, and in a few minutes he was sewed into the blanket. Off he started barefooted and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edith Kerr
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Bridgetown, Co. Donegal
