School: Cloontagh, Killashee (roll number 14650)

Location:
Cloontamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
John J. Hanrahan
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    15. As I went out yonder gap, I met my mammy hocken coming trip trap trokeeen up the botreen with silver heels and copper toes and upon my word she would frighten the crows
    Answer - A gun
    16. Four stick standers, four lily landers, two crookers, two peeners and a whip-a-bout
    Answer - a cow
    17. There is a table in my father's garden neither ash, elm, oak nor yew nor any kind of wood that gre
    A sheet of ice.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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