School: Cloch Bhuaile

Location:
An Chlochbhuaile Mhór, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 140

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    John Buckley, Ballinatona.
    páirc clé, coinleach mór, páirc aitinn, póirse mór, póirse beag, coineán laon, páircín duigin, caon na garbh, móinfheár Eoghain, móinfhéar nua, páirc na h-abhann, páirc na dtullacán, the wild field, the stall field.
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  2. Riddles
    Tis too short cut a piece off and its long enough (A grave)
    Why is a horse cleverer than a mouse (Because a horse can run away with a trap and a mouse cannot)
    Why is the letter K like a pigs tail (Because tis at the end of pork)
    As I was running a thing I found, I tried to get it to throw it away, And when I couldnt I kept it all day (A thorn in the leg)
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