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School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

Location:
Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
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    I have but one horn, yet I'm no unicorn
    I milk, yet I'm no Kerry cow.
    Grand-mama loves me.
    Around the “bórd” shoves me with a look of good cheer in her brow.
    (A tea-pot)
    Ink, ank under a bank.
    Ten drawing four.
    (A woman milking a cow.)
    Among the Strange Tales
    A man named Patrick Cregan ua Scéutaroe (?) on a visit at my home. He possessed a book that he himself alone could read. Once it happened that he asked Mrs O'Connor if she would like to see her dead mother. In fun she replied "yes". He opened and read the book and asked her to step outside the door to see her. Indeed my great grandmother
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Concubhair
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Duckstown, Co. Limerick