School: Finner
- Location:
- Finner, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Máire Ní Nasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1026, Page 059
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- (continued from previous page)A. A clock. Q. As I was going over the bridge, I met Ann Jane.
She had an iron nose, and timber toes,
and as sure as anything she would scare the crows
A. A gun. Q. Little cow brownie, she stands tall at her stall.
Give her little or much but she'll eat it up all.
Give her water and she'll die,
give her butter and she'll cry.
A. A turf-fire Q. I sat on my hunkers, looking through my winkers,
and I saw the dead burying the living.
A. Someone raking the fire.Q. What has a lot of eyes, but cannot see.
A. A potatoe. Q. As I was going through a guttery […],
I met my Uncle Gary.
I cut his throat, and drank his blood, and left him lying sisy [?].
A. A bottle of wine.(continues on next page)
