School: Stravicnabo
- Location:
- Stravicnabo, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Michael Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 408
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- (continued from previous page)to get rushes and peel of the green cover and next melt grease and dip the rushes in it. Then they were dried, and those were the candles they used in olden times. The candlesticks that they had for holding them was made out of tin.
- It opens like a barn door it shut like a trap, many a thing you'll think of but you'll never think of that. Answer An umbrella. Why does a girl resemble a soldier. Answer Because one powder's the face and the other face's the powder. A house full a room full and you could not catch a spoonful. Answer Smoke.
Queen Morocca sent to saint ann a botomless vessle to hold flesh and blood in. And A RingThe more you take of it the larger it gets(continues on next page) - Collector
- Katie Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumnaveagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Drumnaveagh, Co. Cavan
