School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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- (continued from previous page)how he had stolen the sheet. He was glad to know that he had not killed anyone. He resolved to let the joker alone & made no more attempts to get even with him.
- Riddle me, riddle me ranty row
My father gave me some seed to sow
The seed began to grow
Like a garden full of snow
Ths snow began to melt
Like a man without his health
And the man began to fall
As a bird against the wall
The bird began to fly
Like an eagle in the sky
The sky began to rattle
Like a thundring field of battle
And blood began to spill
Like the lashing of the mill
And the mill began to stop
Like the spinning of a top
And the top began to fall
And the Lord save us allAnswer - A person writing a letter - Informant
- Robin Knox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
