School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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“What is higher and handsomer when the head is off...”
What is higher and handsomer when the head is off. Answer a pilllow.
I was going to the fair of Athy. I met nine men and their nine wives the nine men carried nine sacks the nine sacks had nine kits. Kits, cats, sacks, men and their nine wives. How many went to the fair of Athy. Answer one.- Collector
- Rosaleen Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Hughes
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockmaroon Hill, Co. Dublin