School: Ballynacally, Inis (roll number 2189)
- Location:
- Ballynacally, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cuinneagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0604, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples running for the police, two dummies telling them hurry on. Ans. A lie.
A steel mare, a flax tail, and a yellow boy driving it. Ans.A needle thread and thimble.
Long legs crooked thighs small head and no eyes. Ans. a tongs
Tis in timber but not in wood twice ina moment and never in a thousand years. Ans. the letter M.
What is it that works even when it strikes. Ans. A clock.
As white as snow, as green as grass, as red as blood and as black as ink. Ans. A blackberry.
My first I hope you are, my second I see you are, my whole you always are. Ans. welcome.
A while bird featherless flew from Paradise and perched on a leafless tree. Ans. snow
As I looked out my grandfathers window I saw the dead carrying the living. Ans. a ship with men on board.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Tuohy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inishmore or Deer Island, Co. Clare
