School: Derries (roll number 11388)
- Location:
- Derries, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Meadhbh Bean Uí Chiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 067
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- Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on two cripples away for the doctor two dumb men calling come on.
A. a lie.
In my father’s garden there is a bunch of swans no one can count them but God’s own hand.
A. hairs of your head.
What goes through the wood and through the wood and leaves a white rag on every bush.
A. the snow.
I went between two woods and came back between two waters.
A. carrying two pails of water.
London Derry Cork and Kerry spell that with out a K.
A. that.
What goes round the house and round the house and looks into every hole.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anne Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derries, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derries, Co. Dhún na nGall
