School: Killallon (roll number 5207)

Location:
Boherard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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    Round the house and the house and never touches a bit of the house. The Sun.
    I washed my face with water that never rained or ran, and I dried m face with a towel that was never woven or spun. Washed with the dew and dried with the sun.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church over steeple and all. The Sun.
    Hitchamor, Hatchamor standing at the kitchen door, there is no one so great or so strong as Hitchamor Hatchamor standing at the kitchen door. The Sun.
    Deep it is and damp it is and green
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