School: Laragh
- Location:
- Laragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Riain
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- (continued from previous page)and walks upon none,
she is far from her dwelling house,
and selldom comes home"
answer; a ship
"Upstairs. Downstairs.
windows made of glass,
Rings on her fingers.
And bells on her toes,
Tip her in the middle,
and off she goes."
answer; a gun
" i washed my hands in water,
That never was rained or rain.
i dried them in a towel,
thats never was woven or spun"
answer; i washed my hand in the dew of the grass, i dried them with the sun.
"as i was going up scraba hill.
scraba hill was shaking,
i saw four and twenty bulldogs
tearing up an acre"
answer; a harrow(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lena Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Philip Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Leiter, Co. Cavan