School: Leath-fhearann, Malla (roll number 3548)
- Location:
- An Leathfhearann, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: R. Barrow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0364, Page 028
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- This particular man married a very beautiful young woman. He little knew how useless she was. She would not do any work, not even do her own washing.
Her husband was annoyed and at length he told his mother. Her advise to him was: "Next Monday you get your shirt and commence to wash it, and, if there's any shame in your wife, she shall do it for you."
The poor man returned and felt very happy as he though, his troubles were ended. But to his dismay when he had commenced to wash his wife hurried to provide her under-wear, and said "Here as you are at them atal, do mine too." Therefore his case was as pitiful as ever.
- Informant
- Hannah Sexton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 30
- Address
- An Ghleannóg, Co. Chorcaí
