School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)
- Location:
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 21
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- (continued from previous page)Ques; - I had a little horse with an iron throat and every time he'd gallop he would swallow the rope.
A spinning wheel.
Ques; - Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire
A cake in an over.
Ques; - I had a little ant, she had but one eye and every time she went out the gap she left a bit of her tail in a trap.
A woman sowing with a needle and thread.
Ques; - As black as ink and ink it isn't. As white as milk and milk it isn't, and it hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone it isn't.
A Magpie.
Ques; - Twenty four white cows tied to the wall, the(continues on next page)
