School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)
- Location:
- Drom Dhá Liag, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhrisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 181
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- Q. There was a man of Adam's race who had a certain dwelling place
A house complete all covered o'er where no one dwelt since Adam or before
It was not built in glen or cave it was not built of wood, stone or lime in any part
It was not built in heaven nor hell nor in the place where mortals dwell.
Now if you know this man of fame tell me who he is and what is his name
A. Jonas living in the whale.
Q. In the garden was laid a beautiful maid
The fairest that ever was seen in the morn.
She was made a bride the first day of her life
And she died before she was born.
A. Eve
Q. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it.
A. Coffin
Q. What is the thing that runs without legs
A. Water
- Collector
- Peggy O' Driscoll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bealach an Dúin Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
