School: Cruach Ros (roll number 15532)

Location:
Croaghross, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Colm Ó Baoighill
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    C. Caidé'n cuid dé'n bhó a théigheann isteach sa bhoitheach ar dtús?
    F. A h-anál

    C. Téigheann sé thart an teach, agus thart an teach agus luigheann sé igcúl an dorais.
    F. An Scuab

    C. Cé'n uair is lugha bó?
    F. Nuair atá sí gearrthá suas

    C. "I have a wee mare her name is Pee-weep,
    She travels the seas ever so deep,
    She climbs the mountains ever so high,
    And my wee mare she is blind in one eye"
    F. The Moon

    C. "I have a wee mare with two iron toes,
    Every skip she does take she scares all the crows"
    F. A gun

    C. "I have a wee mare with an iron throat,
    The harder she gallops she swallows the rope."
    F. A machine

    C. Comh cruinn le liathroid, cómh cothrom le clár, bean uilig agus giota fir
    F. Pighinn agus baínrioghain Victoria uirthí

    C. "It is on the green gravel I travel, it is on the black oak I stand.
    I rode the wee mare that never had foaled,
    And carried the guide in my hand"
    F. A ship
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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