School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)
- Location:
- Copany, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 334
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- 11. I pared his head and shaved his face
And took him from his native place.
With wearied horses
And tired men
I left him at the journey’s en “d”Ans. A turf.12. A house-ful and a [room-ful ?]
Yet you could not get
A spoon-ful.Ans. Smoke13. A Guess.
A girl got married and her Father gave
her a present of twenty ropes. There were
twenty knots on every rope and
twenty twists in every knot and
twenty pence in every purse.How much was the fortune?- Collector
- Adhamhnan Mag Fhionntaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13