School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 16_009
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- Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four.
A woman milking a cow.
Long legs, crooked thighs, small head and no eyes.
A tongs.
A steel mare going over a bone bridge and a brass whip driving her.
A woman sewing.
It's as black as ink and ink it isn't, it's as white as milk and milk it isn't, it hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone it isn't.
A magpie.
I went up the bohreen and down the bohreen and carried the bohreen on my back
A ladder.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Lavelle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cordarragh North, Co. Mayo
