School: Faithlegg (B.), Portláirge (roll number 11614)
- Location:
- Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Peter Lyons
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Various Pupils.1.Q. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll give you a 'britches'.A. A head of cabbage.2.Q. My father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black [the] and the ground was white, riddle me that before to-morrow night.A. Someone writing a letter.3.Q. Round the house round the house and a harrow after it.A. A hen and a clutch of chickens.4.Q. How many feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog.A. Two feet.5.Q. Little white Nancy [wh] with a little red nose the longer it's left there(continues on next page)