School: Coolbock (roll number 8013)
- Location:
- Coolbock, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
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- Long ago the people did not use tea because it was unpurchasable. One day a woman was expecting a very important person and she bought a pound of tea for the purpose. She put the whole pound in a pot to boil. When it was boiling she took it off and threw the water on the street. Then she put the tea-leaves on a plate and put them before the visitor. The visitor said, "I would drink the water in which these boiled if I had it".
- Collector
- John Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Master J. H.
- Gender
- Male