School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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- (continued from previous page)6. It grows in the wood;
It sounds in the town
and earns its master many a pound.
Ans = a fiddle.7. I sat on my hunkers
I looked through my winkers
and saw the dead burying the live.
Ans = making a fire.8. Into this house I often come
and high over men's shoulders I often go;
and when I go out just over their head
I am as thin as a silken thread.
Ans. smoke.9. As I went down yon meadow I saw a great sight,
all saddles, all bridles, all prepared for a fight;
S was the saddle and B was the bridle,
I tould you three times and I'll tell you no more.
Ans: = three alls10. What never was and never will be
Look in your hand and there you will see.
Ans: a hand with all fingers same length. - Poet Brady lived at Cleeskin (Dromacleeskin) in Co. Cavan. He used to be called Paddy the Poet. He went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Mac Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullaghaloyst, Co. Monaghan