School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    see it you don't see it and it is nearer to youthan it is to me. The back of your head.
    If a fellow met a fellows field how could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow seen how many eff in that. There is none.
    The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it. A coffin.
    It rise high lies low wear shoes and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Armstrong
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