School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)
- Location:
- Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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- 1. Why is an Irishman rolling down a hill like a policeman on duty? patrolling.
2. Riddle me, riddle me, riddle me right, the place I was last Saturday night the south winds, pretty cocks crew the bells of heaven were striking eleven tis time my poor soul was going to heaven.
Answer. A fox burying her mother under an ivory tree with the light of a halfpenny candle.
3. It grew in the wood and it sounds in the town and it earns it's master many a pound.
Answer: A violin.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary T. Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dooleeg, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr John Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dooleeg, Co. Mayo