School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 417
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Gold and silver was for it paid
But now it is in the midden laid.
Coal.
Passing a house one day I heard a noise, and looking in I saw the house was full of people. I went in and to my surprise there was not a single person in the house.
They were all married.
Three brothers were passing a school one day. The first man said he would go in to see his brothers children. The second man said he would go in to see his brothers children. The third man said he would not go in to see his brothers children as he had no brothers children in the school - who was he?
The children's father.
I searched and I found that which it was not easy to find - something that God never found and that was impossible fro Him to find?
A master.
There were 6 birds on a tree, a man shot 3 - how many were left? None as the other 3 flew away.(continues on next page)
