School: Gleann Coirib (roll number 6763)
- Location:
- Glencorrib, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Hargadáin
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- (continued from previous page)Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of trousers?
A head of cabbage.Why does a cow look over the [?]
Because she can't look under it. I would take it in my fist and the king could not put a string on it:- Sand.As white as milk, as blue as silk [?] He hops on the road like a marble stone:- A magpie.As tround as an apple, as deep as a cup and all the king's horses could not bring it up:-
The moon shining on a well.Why are old stockings like dead men? (a) They go into holes. (b) They are mended (men-ded) (c) Their soles (souls) are departed.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret Mary Hennelly
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- Female
- Address
- Glencorrib, Co. Mayo
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- Hennelly
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- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glencorrib, Co. Mayo