School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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- When Rover came to live with us,
He was so very small.
He went right under pussy,
Without touching her at all.II
He came when I was only three,
All curly, shiney black.
He swiftly grew up big and strong,
And rode me on his back.III
They saw although eleven years old,
I’m still a little boy.
And Rover though he is only eight,
I growning old and stardThis poem was made by George Logan, Ratheforker, Co. DonegalHe was my half-brother who died when he was seventeen years.- Collector
- Ruby Logan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- George Logan
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male