School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)
- Location:
- Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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- (continued from previous page)I cut off his head and I souched his blood and I left him lying easy.
A. A bottle of whiskey.
R. What was too short, and a piece cut off it made it long enough.
A. A grave.
R. What is it that a woman looks for, but never wishes to find.
A. A hole in her stocking.
R. What part of a cow goes into the byre the first.
A. Her breath- Collector
- Agnes Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killymasny, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Willie Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killymasny, Co. Donegal