School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 240
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- (continued from previous page)"As I went to yonder wall, I met a man and he let a squall, his head was bone and his mouth was horn and such a man was never born". -A cock."As sharp as a lance, as round as an apple, if you sit on the top of it, it will bring you to France". - The moon.As round as an apple. as deep as a pail. It never cries out till it is caught by the tail. - A bell.Luke had it on the front, Paul had it on the back, and Mrs Mulligan had it twice in the one place.
- The letter L.
- What is that grows in the wood, sounds in the town and earns his master many a pound. - A fiddle.As I went in a slippery gap, I met my uncle Davy. I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
-A blackberry.I have a knife of ivory, bound all round with misery, it would kill a dog with slavery, and a thousand men of war.
Hunger. - Collector
- Brigid Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockanoark, Co. Cavan
