School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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- XML “A Funny Story”
- XML “A Cooper”
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- Collector
- Patrick Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Hightown or Balloughter, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Michael Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Hightown or Balloughter, Co. Westmeath
- About thirty-five years ago there was a cooper who lived between Milltown and Hightown. He was called the Cooper Maguire. He made churns, barrels and tubs. He was a good cooper and had plenty to do. Nearly every night an old tramp used to sleep in the corner of the cooper's house on a bit of straw. This cooper was very tricky and fond of a joke. One night the cooper hung a bucket of water on a nail over the tramps bed. He tied(continues on next page)