School: Béal Easa (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Foxford, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Gábhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 11
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- As I went over the bridge I saw a boat full of people and when I looked again there was not one single person on it.
They were all married.
Ding dong in a big tin can, ten drawing four.
A person milking a cow.
As I went in the gap I met my uncle Davy I cut off his head and I left his body standing easy.
A head of cabbage.
When she's lying it's flying and when she's flying it's lying.
The topney on a Filiben's head.
Inkeen hankeen under the bankeen two long legs and a small headeen.
A tongs.
The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never say it.
A coffin.(continues on next page)
