School: Cléireacháin, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Ballyclerahan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: James Bates
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- (continued from previous page)30. Under the fire and over the fire
and never touches the fire
(a cake of bread in an oven).31. tis as white as milk, and milk it isn’t
Tis as green as grass, and grass it isn’t
Tis as red as blood, and blood it isn’t
Tis as black as ink, and ink it isn’t
(a blackberry)32. Tis as white as milk, and milk it isn’t
Tis as black as ink, and ink it isn’t
And it hops on the road like hailstones
(a magpie)33. Tis as round as a penny, tis as deep as a cup.
and all the king's horses couldn't pull it up
(the moon shining in the water)
- 4 Things hard to find4 shoemakers not liars
4 frenchman not yellow (Ceathair franncach gan buidhe)
4 priests not covetous
4 (forgotten, not known) - Informant
- James Bates
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Ballyclerahan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Bates
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- 1416788
- Address
- Ballyclerahan, Co. Tipperary
