School: Cill Íomair (B)
- Location:
- Killimor and Boleybeg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Maoiléidigh
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“As I looked up the hill of wonder, I saw twenty four blackbirds tearing it asunder.”
As I looked up the hill of wonder, I saw twenty four blackbirds tearing it asunder.
Harrow.'Tis in the mill and 'tis no good to the mill and the mill couldn't work without it.
The noise.As round as an apple.
As deep as a pale.
It never cries out.
Till it's caught by the tail.
The bell.Why is a pig in the parlour like a house on fire?
The quicker he is put out the less damage that will be done.I am very small.
I am very tall.
I am like a man.
I am like a fan.
In various forms I am seen.
A shadow.
- Collector
- Máirtín Ó Brúadair
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clooncona, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Miceál Ó Brúadair
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Clooncona, Co. Galway