School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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- (continued from previous page)As round as an oven, as sharp as a lance
If you got on top of it, it would carry you to France
Answer: The MoonWhat goes from town to town without travelling and turns without moving?
Answer: The RoadA Bannock of bread and a sheet of "crumlins"
Answer: The Moon and StarsAs round as an apple, as plump as a ball
It shines over the market-house steeple and all
Answer: The Moon.- Collector
- Nellie Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenkeel, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Denis Rooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Gordon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs M. Mc Gourty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim