School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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- What is it that is full of blood in the daytime and stands in the corner at night.
your shoes.
Golden red, gosling green,
The king dare not touch it no more than the Queen,
The King of Asia may touch it as soon
Riddle me that from morning to noon.
Rainbow.
What is it that is neither inside nor outside,
And still the house could not do without it.
A window
Mother Twisty has but one eye
And every time she goes through a gap
She leaves a bit of her tail in the trap.
A needle and thread
How long did Paddy McGrath lie in the rushes.
His full length.
What window in the house resembles a star.
The skylight.- Collector
- William Sharpe
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Pat Rooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnyfeacle, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Sharpe
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Donagh Beg, Co. Leitrim