School: Doire an Bháis (roll number 13152)
- Location:
- Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Húbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 384
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- (continued from previous page)A: Smoke
Q: It is as round as a buiscuit its as buisy as a bee it's the prettiest little thing you ever could see.
A: A watch.
Q: Arange about and you shall see as pure fine a fruit you would like to see.
A: An orange
Q: It is black as ink and ink it isn't. It's as white as milk and milk. it is not. It hops on the road like a marble-stone and a marble-stone it is not
A: A magpie
Q: How many nibs does a hen give the ground when she has enough eaten
A: One nib.
Q: Twenty white cows standing dry in a hallow comes a red cow and like them all
A: Your teeth and your tongue.
Q: Why does a hen cross the road?
A: To get to the other side
Q: The Queen Victoria built a ship and in the ship her daughter sat and I will be blaimed fr telling her name and that is three times I have told you it.
A: Ann was her name
Q: How many cows tails would reach the moon(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick King
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonshinnagh, Co. Mayo
