School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
- Location:
- An tAonach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: An tSr. Seanán
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- 1. Person who told it:- Mr. Michael Ryan,
2. Address:- 5. Dublin Road, Nenagh.
3. Age 82.
4. When Incident occurred:- About yrs. ago
5. Told To:- Miss Teresa Clandillon (Mr. Ryan's grand daughter).There was a man living in Nenagh one time and his name was Sailor Grace. One day he came to my grandmother, and he asked her if she had any odd jobs to be done. She told him to help her daughter to paper the kitchen, as she was going away for a month.
Sailor said that there was not enough paper and he bought more, of a different colour. They then started to paper the kitchen.
Sailor put on one strip lengthways, and then a strip of the other. My aunt was only a little girl at that time and she did not see the difference.
When they had it finished they stood back to survey their work but alas! who(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Miss Teresa Clandillon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bóthar Bhaile Átha Cliath, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr Michael Ryan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Occupation
- Horse-trainer
- Address
- Bóthar Bhaile Átha Cliath, Co. Thiobraid Árann
