School: Tiobraid (roll number 9996)
- Location:
- Tubrid More, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ciarmhaich
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- A very cross boy lived in this district long ago. His parents sent him to a tailor to control him. The boy and the tailor would never agree. The tailor's wife used to call the boy very early every morning. One night he got up. He scattered the fire on the way she used to come to his room. The next morning her feet got burned. She was not in a hurry calling him any other morning.
One day the tailor was invited to some farmhouse to make some clothes. After some time the tailor went out under the fresh air. The boy told the woman of the house that the tailor used often get fits and that he had a fit now. He said that when he would come in he would hit the table with his fist and the best thing to do was to get a bucket of water and to throw it on him. The boy hid the scissors. When the tailor came in he hit the table with his fist to lead him where the scissors was. The woman got the bucket of water and threw it on the tailor. The boy ran away and was never seen again.
- Informant
- Mr James Fennerty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tubrid More, Co. Kerry
