School: Killahan
- Location:
- Killahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 318
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- (continued from previous page)afterwards told that the crying he heard was the Ban Shee.
- Black and white and read all over.
(A newspaper)
Under a hill there is a house, in the house there is a room, in the room there is a press, in the press there is a cup, in the cup there is a sup, and everyone must taste it.
(Death)
As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, and all the king's horses couldn't pull it up.
(A pump)
What letter is like an island?
(t - because it is in the middle of water)
What is that, that drinks all round it, and never eats anything?
(A lamp)
The people of the garden spitting at each other and the people of the bog urging them on.
(The fire) - Informant
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