School: Eaglais
- Location:
- Burren, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Mongaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 253
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- Twenty sheep went out the gap. Twenty more after that and a dog and a man how many feet went out.
(Ans Two feet)It is as white as milk, it is as black as ink, and it hops on the ground like hailstones
(Ans A Magpie)Around the house and around the house and her family coming after her.
(Ans A hen and chickens)I have an iron horsheen. He has an iron throat and every time he gallops he swallows back the rope.
(A spinning wheel)
