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School: Kilmurry

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Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 103

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    Q. What is it that is always stirring and it never stirs out of its place.
    A. A pig tail.
    Q. Black I am though much admired.
    Both men and horses I have tired.
    They broke my back and bruised my face.
    And took me from my burial place.
    A. Turf.
    Q. I had a little bit of timber.
    Not as big as my finger.
    It made a rock and a reel.
    And a new spinning wheel.
    And a child's cradle and there was some of it over.
    A. A little pencil.
    Q. Why is it a hen goes across the road.
    A. Because she cannot go under it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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