School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)
- Location:
- Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Staráid
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- 39. It's long and its narrow,
it's not very wide and it wears
a green selvedge on every side.
Answer. The Road.
40 A jumper of ditches,
A clipper of thorns,
A near little fellow with two leather horns.
Answer. A Rabbit.41. As long as my arm,
As round as a cup,
The four posts of poverty, working it up.
Answer. Knitting a stockin g.42. As round as an apple
As flat as a pan,
The half of a woman,
The whole of a man.
Answer. A Penny.43. Black I am and much admired
Men and horses I have tired
Gold and solver I have made
And now I'm in the "midden" laid.
Answer. Coal.- Collector
- Mary Hannigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnacorrib, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs George Hannigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Gortnacorrib, Co. Donegal