School: Ballynarry
- Location:
- Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Mac Gabhann
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It was his daughter.What side would you get down of an ass.
No side. down is got only got on a goose.What makes more noise than a pig under a gate
Two pigs. - I have a brown cow she stands by the wall she will eat hay grass or any thing at all if you give her a stone she will let it alone and if you give her water she will die.
A fire.A Leaper of ditches a creaper of thorns a little brown cow with two leather horns.
A hareI sat on my honquers I looked through my winkers and saw the dead buring the live
A man raking a fire.I have a grey goose she is of a large size the man that(continues on next page) - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.