School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)
- Location:
- Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Staráid
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- (continued from previous page)I met my uncle Davy,
I cut off his head,
And I sucked his blood,
And left him lying easy.
Answer. A bottle of wine.11. What was before Adam,
And will be for evermore;
‘Twas only one month old,
When Adam was four score?
Answer. The moon. - When I was young and in my clay.
They came and carried me away.
They washed my face and champed my bones,
And (layed) laid me in a grave of flesh.
Answer: A potato(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eliza Elliott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathdonnell, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs W. Elliott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Rathdonnell, Co. Donegal