School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gort na Léime, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0070
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- (continued from previous page)If you fell off a wall what would you fall against
Against your will.
It goes between two woods and comes home between two waters.
A man fetching water in pails.
It is not inside nor it is not outside and still it stands under the roof of the house
The jamb of the door.
My father gave me some seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white,
The news paper
A head of iron a body of brass
When asked a question it stands like an ass.
Tongs.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lios Uí Chonchúir, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Lios Uí Chonchúir, Co. na Gaillimhe
