School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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- 1. As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Europe would not dig it up. A well
2 As I went up the boreen
I met my aunt Noreen
She had steel nose and iron toes
And God knows she'd frighten the crows. Ans. A gun.
3. Around the house, around the house with all heads down.
Ans. The nails of your shoes
4. It goes around the house and around the house and leaves only one track. Ans A wheelbarrow
5 Londonderry, Cork, and kerry spell me that without a K. Ans "that"
6. What can I fill a barrel with to make it lighter. Ans, "holes"(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo