School: An Clochar (roll number 14705)
- Location:
- Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 200
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- Katie Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Tom Campbell
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Headed like a thimble,
Tailed like a rat.
You may guess for ever
But you won’t guess that.
A pipe. - As white as snow and snow it is not as green as grass, and grass it is not, as red as blood, and blood it is not, as black as soot, and soot it is not. What is it?
A blackberry.
