Reading Notes : Celtic Tales, Part B

The Sprightly Tailor

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• A sprightly tailor was employed in a castle
• In order to make special clothing, he was told to go to the church and he would get a handsome reward
• It was said that the old church was haunted
• The tailor was aware of this but went on
• When night came, he went to the church and chose a gravestone to sit and work
• While he was working the floor beneath him began to rumble, and a head popped up
• The head asked the tailor, "Do you see this head of mine?"
• The tailor responded, yes. However, he kept working
• This continued with all the other body parts
• But the tailor kept working
• When the tailor finished, he took his work and ran out of the church
• The apparition followed 
• When the tailor reached the gate, he closed it shut on the apparition
• The tailor was able to receive is handsome reward

Bibliography : story by Joseph Jacobs, The Sprightly Tailor, Source Link to story