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School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer

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Cnoc Dhoire, Co. an Chláir
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 264

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    Tis inside and outside and is neithear inside nor outside.
    A window.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body standing aisy
    A head of cabbage
    What hops on the road like hailstone
    A magpie.
    Tis black and tis white and it hops on the road like hailstone.
    A magpie
    What must you do before you come downstairs.
    Go up.
    Head like a timble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you wouldnt guess that
    A pipe
    What stick does not grow in the wood
    A candle stick.
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