School: Cill Chuisigh (roll number 16296)
- Location:
- Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Ó Damhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)in the kings house.
Ans. A thimble.
Jumper of ditches clipper of thorns a little brown cow with two leather horns.
Ans. A hair.
Little white many with the red nose the longer she sits the shorter she grows. Ans. A candle.
Am I and I and a i in the middle a g and a o come tell me the riddle.
Ans. Sligo
London Derry cork and Kerry which of them would fit in a bottle.
Ans. Cork.
What works all day with its hands on its face.
Ans. A Clock.
What was cut in the town and sounds in the town and makes many a pound for his master.
Ans. A fiddle.
Lights high lights low cuts the grass and does not(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boihy, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Summers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boihy, Co. Leitrim
