School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)
- Location:
- Clontuskert, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 05_004
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- I "What part of a train comes in first,"?
"The noise".
II "What's taken from you before you get it."?
"Your Photo."
III "As I went up the boitin I met my mother"
Moitin she had timber toes and a timber nose and upon my word she would fricken the crows."?
"A Gan".
IV "As green as grass and grass is not as red as blood is not. As black as ink and ink is not."?
"A blackberry."
V "Deep is it, and damp is it, and green around it's edge,, it is, and it's fit for any lord."?
"A Grave".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female
