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School: Baile Uí Mhuinghile (roll number 8284)

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Ballymonally, Co. Mayo
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Liam Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0133, Page 661

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    “Why is a penknife like the spring of the year.”

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    A tongue licking the teeth.
    V Ding, dang, under the bank ten drawing four.
    A person milking a cow.
    VI As I went up the bóitín, I turned in a gap, I met my uncle David and his head I snopped off.
    A head of cabbage.
    VII If a fellow met a fellow in a field of beans, could a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many fs in that: no f.
    VIII As round as an apple, As flat as a pan, One side a woman, And the other a man.
    A penny.
    VIV Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more followed that, six, seven, ten, eleven, 3 and 2 how much
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Máille
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bellacorick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Séamus Ó Máille
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Bellacorick, Co. Mayo