School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt

Location:
Effernan, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Seán de Nógla
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    with it for a about three or four hours", said the bread man. "I do not care" said the fish man, "if it is ten yours before you are finished with it, as "I am not in a hurry." So the bread man knew that the fish man was winning, and he said, "My boss told me to spend as long as I could on the road because my bread is too hot and the customers might not like it." "But my boss told me to spend as much times as I could on the road because my fish are jumping in the box and the customers would not like them either" said the fish man. So the fish man won.
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  2. Once upon a time a man lived in a house with his three sisters and two old aunts. None of them were married and the man was a great pet though they were all old. One day he was asked to a wedding and his clothes were dirty and torn. One of his aunts had a lot of money so she took him to a tailor to have a suit made for him. The tailor was a new man in the district and he was not a bit of good. The order for the clothes was handed in, in the morning and they
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laura Taylor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Sexton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolmeen, Co. Clare