School: Knockminna (roll number 12720)
- Location:
- Cnoc Maoineach, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Máire Ní Scannláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 497
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- (continued from previous page)Two pullets and a black hen
Three screeching wild geese
Two plump partidges,
Four hare headlesses
Two swift deer.
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