School: Ceapach an tSeagail
- Location:
- Cappataggle, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Monacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0009
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- (continued from previous page)From house to house he goes,
A messenger small and slight,
And whether it rains or snows,
He sleeps outside at night.
A Boreen.
What is the greatest wonder in History?
When Hungry did not eat Turkey.
Why is Ireland the most prosperous country in the world?
Because its capital is always Dublin.
The is a man who married many a wife
And still still he is single all his life.
A Priest.
- In the garden was laid
A beautiful maid
As bright and as fair as the morn.
She became a wife the first hour of
Her life and died before she was born.
Eve.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Lohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cappataggle, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Miss Mary Finnerty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cappataggle, Co. Galway
