School: Eaglais
- Location:
- Burren, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S. Ó Mongaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Hink hank under the bank 10 drawing 4.
(milking cow)As round as an apple as flat as a pan Half a woman and half a man
(penny)Its a town in old Ireland Well nourished in fame. Backways and frontways It spells just the same
(Navan)As round as an apple as deep as a cup. All the men in Ireland couldn't pull it up.
(Well)Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire
(cake in oven)Black and white and read all over
(newspaper)In in the day and out in the night
(latch of door)Long leged father and big bellied mother
(pot and hooks)As I went up cornhill Cornhill was shaking
And all the men in cornhill were gathered in an acre
(a funeral)(continues on next page)- Collector
- P. Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs K. Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Burren, Co. Mayo