School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

Location:
Áth na gCliabh, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 359

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  1. As I went up tara-hill, tara-hill was shaking. More than twenty blackbirds tearing down a nation. A man harrowing a hill
    As black as ink as white as snow and hops on the road like hail stones. A magpie
    If I built a wall from here to Donegal what height is it The height of nonsense
    What has an eye and can't see A needle
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Henry Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Síotroim, Co. Mhuineacháin