School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it, never seen it
A coffin.
A man without any eyes went out to view the sky. He spied an apple tree with apples on. He took no apples off and he left no apples on.
Only two apples on the tree.Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire.
A cake in the oven.
Once in the wood and leaves on it, once alive and hair on it, now it is dead and living bones in it.
Clogs.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Bernard Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonskill, Co. Mayo
