School: Longueville, Malla (roll number 11332)

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Longueville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0364, Page 209

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  3. XML “Eoghan Ruadh's Answers”
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Liam Mullane
    Gender
    Male
  2. One day Eoghan Ruadh was tramping the roads. It was a very hot day and he as usual wore and old frieze coat and a sugan around his wrist.
    Three solicitors were advancing towards him and one of them said "This is Eoghan coming along and we shall have a joke with now. At that time there was a crow overhead and he was caring with the drought.
    One of them said "I say my man what is that crow trying to say." She's trying
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