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School: Baile Uí Mhuinghile (roll number 8284)

Location:
Ballymonally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0133, Page 660

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    “I went up the roading I came down the roading and I carried the roading on my back.”

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    died in Ireland what sort of a man is he now. = a dead man.
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    “Why is a penknife like the spring of the year.”

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    I. Why is a penknife like the spring of the year.
    Because the spring brings up the blades.
    II. It grows in the wood and it sounds in the town and it earns for it's master many a crown.
    A Fiddle.
    III. Where was the first nail hit on. - on its head.
    IV Twenty-four white horses standing in the stall
    Up comes the red one and licks them all.
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    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