School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Margaret Flynn
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- (continued from previous page)The king of Manchester sent to his sister a bottomless vessel to hold her flesh in.
A ring.A thin little body a tiny little eye no one ever saw it laugh no one ever saw it cry.
A needle.What has a bed and does not sleep in it.
A river.I went out yesterday and I saw the dead carrying the living.
A boat.What turns but never moves.
Milk turning sour.It hangs on the wall and its no friend or no foe but when it is full it is dreaded by many.
A gun.It runs on the level, turns at the hills and rests in the hollow.
A river running into a lake.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Minnie Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Francis Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 40
- Address
- Aghnagollop, Co. Leitrim