School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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- (continued from previous page)to his wife. '' Who's that ? ''
'' The mistress '' That's my wife
Dame Paradise. Just then a girl came
in with a bucket of water.
'' Who's that ''
'' The daughter of the house I suppose '' That's my daughter Straid away ''
'' What is that pointing to a
heap of flax. '' Thats's flax ''
'' That's the Clence of Clearance.
And that'' '
' Oh that's water ''
'' no that's Dorman clear ''
The cat was sitting at the fire
'' What is that '' '' It's the cat''
'' That's Cissley Bunty ''
And pointing to the stairs
'' What's that '' '' The stairs ''
'' No that's the Steps of Fountain and that .''
'' The loft I suppose ''
no that's Mount Ego. '' What is that
he says pointing at the fire. Why that's the fire
That is the hell of vengance.
'' Well what is this that we
are in. ''
'' The house '' says Con.
'' That's Bendover ''.
'' Now '' says the little man if you don't have all all those names for me in the morning I will pull every tooth out of your head and send you home a gummy. You'll not be able to eat a bit without your teeth and if you have your task off I will make a great man of you and now it is
bed-time here and you may stay up as long as you like to get off your task ''
says Con(continues on next page)
- Informant
- B. O' Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
