School: Eileastrom (2)
- Location:
- Ellistrin Big, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 206
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- (continued from previous page)A. A crook.
Q. Thirty white horses upon a red hill now they champ, now they stamp, now they stand still?
A. Your teeth.
Q. Four corners round about, black within and white without?
A. A chimney.
Q. I ran till I got it, I sat and looked for it, I could not get it and I took it home with me?
A. A jag in your foot.
Q. Thirty sheep went through a slap, thirty more went after that, the shepherd and his dog how many feet was that?
A. Two feet.
Q. There was a little house and it would not hold a mouse and there are as many windows in it as there is in a kings palace.
A. A thimble.
Q. King may rock [?] he built a ship and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maud Stewart
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnavern, Co. Donegal
