School: Kilmurry

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
A. de Búrca
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    came down and white stayed still
    A. A black hen after laying an egg on the top of a hill
    Q. If your uncles sister is not your aunt, what is she to you?
    A. A mother
    Q. Under the water and over the water and never touches the water
    A. A woman going across a bridge with a can of water on her head
    Q. Hairy in and hairy out and hairy into hairy's mouth
    A. A man putting his hairy foot into a hairy stocking
    Sheila Boland, Wood-Of-O. from her parents, Wood-of-O Tullamore. S Boland (13), Daniel Boland (59), Julia Boland (54) 23-11-'37
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  2. Q. Black I am, and much admired,
    Men work at me till they are tired,
    They cut me out, and spoil my face.
    and draw me from my native place.
    A. Turf.
    In the garden of Eden there was a fair maiden.
    She was made a wife, the first day of her life and she died she before she was born.
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