School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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And the head of the living in the mouth of the dead.
A woman with a pot on her head.The longer it lasts the shorter it grows.
A candleI saw a ship going up the river
There were forty men in it, and yet there wasn't a single man in it.
They were all married. Why is a man beating an ass, compared to a stamp
The ass goes with a lick of the stick and the stamp goes with the stick of the lick.
- Collector
- Bridget Gillespie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Umrycam, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Gillespie
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Umrycam, Co. Donegal
