School: Lismire, Áth Treasa
- Location:
- Lios Maghair, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: John Hishon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0352, Page 039
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- (continued from previous page)a little white and round house, and it is full of meat, but has no doors or windows to let me in to eat. (An egg).
Under fire, over fire and never touches the fire. (A cake in a bastable).
As I went out a slippery gap, I met a boy with a red cap. He had iron toes, and a monkey nose, and upon my word he would frighten the crows. (A gun).
- Collector
- Micheal O Ceallacháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Bán Mór Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Denis Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Bán Mór Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
