School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 08_002
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- Its deep, its dame, its green upon the bank its fit for a lady or a gentleman
(A grave)
Who is he that marries many a wife but still keeps single all his life
(A Priest)
Whats in the priest, but not in the people. Whats in Church, but not in the steeple, whats in the grave but not in the dead, whats in closter but not in the beds.
(The letter r)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Tónra
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Micheal Baine
- Gender
- Male
