School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 247
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275 Q. Long legged father.
Big Bellied mother.
Three children and none of them wiser than another.
Ans. A pot. 276 Q. When I was old they did me cut. And down in a hold they did me put. When I was three months there. They came and searched me everywhere.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Scollan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumrane, Co. Leitrim
