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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tuairín Chathail, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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    The other half.
    A jump over a fence is like a hop over a thorn
    The brown little cow with the two leather horns.
    A rabbit
    Tis as white as milk as black as ink and hops on the road like hailstone?
    A magpie.
    Tis black and white and red all over.
    A newspaper.
    The man that made it never wore it
    The man that wore it never saw it.
    A Coffin.
    A flock of white sheep on a red hill
    Here they go and there they go
    Now they stand still.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuairín Chathail, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Julia Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Tuairín Chathail, Co. Chiarraí