School: N. Colmcille, Westport Quay (roll number 13145)
- Location:
- Westport Quay, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Sean Ó Flaitile
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Four and twenty wild-geese
Tearing the world asunder
A man harrowing a field of corn.
Peggy Eaton Rosbeg Westport
Obtained from
Mrs Eaton Age 56
Rosbeg, WestportHow does a sailor know there is a man in the moon?
Because he has been to sea.
How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
None. They are all carried.
Full of holes and holds water.
A sponge
What is the shyest thing in the house?
The clock because it never takes its hands away from its face
What is always behind time?
The back of the clock.
What is the first thing you do when - How does a sailor know there is a man in the moon?
Because he has been to sea.
How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
None. They are all carried.
Full of holes and holds water.
A sponge
What is the shyest thing in the house?
The clock because it never takes its hands away from its face
What is always behind time?
The back of the clock.
What is the first thing you do when(continues on next page)- Collector
- Dick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clerhaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Clerhaun, Co. Mayo