School: Baile Uí Argáin, Cill Moicheallóg (roll number 7237)

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   Tis red tis blue tis sparkling green the Queen cant come at it no more than the King. A Rainbow.
   Four young ladies long and tall one goes in and the other goes out and that is the way they work about. Four knitting needles.
   Tis in tis out tis like a trout tis slipping wet and greasy
   A Tongue.
   The more you take from it the bigger it gets. A grave.
   Ink ank under a bank ten drawing four. A woman milking a cow.
   Over the fire and under the fire and never touches the fire. A cake in an oven.
   London, Derry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a k. That.
   Black and white and red all over. A newspaper.
   What goes to Mass on their heads. the nails of our boots.
   Two little girls dressed in white one got the fever and died last night. Two candles.
   Why is a man who grumbles like an overbaked loaf. Because they are both crusty.
   Why should you carry a watch when crossing the desert. Because there is a spring in it.
   When is a Queen like a piece of wood. When she is a ruler.
   The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it. A coffin.

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Howell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

   Address

   Gleann Oisín, Co. Luimnigh