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School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

Location:
Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Nora Lally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 319

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  1. Stories (continued)

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    with their lives. The little house is there ever since unoccupied.
    Had they observed the old custom of testing the site in the following way they would not have built it.
    Test
    (1) Cut foundation.
    (2) Gather a heap of stones.
    (3) Over these cross shovel and spade.
    (4) If they are knocked in the morning do not build as it is "The path," which means the "Fairies Pass."
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    A man gets sixpence for walking one mile what will he get for walking a hundreds miles. Ans. sore feet.
    He eats what he gets but does not drink water. (The fire)
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Byron
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Menlough Commons, Co. Galway
    Informant
    J. Byron
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Menlough Commons, Co. Galway