School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- An Carn, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 17_029
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A thimble.
I saw a house and a mouse would not fit in it and I saw a man making a fire within in it.
A pipe.
A man without eyes saw apples on a tree, he took no apples and he left no apples, how could that be.
There were two apples in the tree and he took one apple and left one apple. He had one eye. While and black and read all over.
Newspaper. Once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years.
The letter m.
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Ciarsaig
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Tearmann, Co. an Chláir
