School: Creagán Buí, Cora Finne
- Location:
- Craggaunboy, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Consaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0612, Page 417
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If if's and ands were pots and pans what could a tin man do?Nothings.
It is in the rock it is not in the stone it is in the marrow and it is not in the bone it is in the river and it is not in the flood it is in all the trees in the world and it is not in the wood-The letter R.
Four sticks standing four lily -landers .Two hookers ,two loopers .and a whip about .- A cow.
What is it that was four weeks old when Adam was but four ,and before that same thing was five weeks old Adam was four score ,-The moon.
Tigh beag deas idir dhá sgailp.
Níl teine na teas 'na thimcheall.
Nuair a raghfá isteach ní thiochfá amach
Go mbeitheá té do doíchint -(Curneóg) a bee hive.
Seacht asal sseach ualach .
Seacht uaire sa ló
Seacht bpiginn an uaach
cad a bhuaileas sa mhóin -Luaith.
Píobaire is a bhean ,bheileadóir is a mháthair,trí císte ,trí leath-ciste ,Roinn an t-arán cothrom ,gan aon cfhíste do bhriseadh .-The piper's wife was the fiddler' mother.Cad é an gaol atá agat le cliamhuin dearbhrathair ded' mháthair ? Your father.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moanreel North, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Hogan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cullenagh, Co. Clare
