School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)
- Location:
- Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Lochlainn
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- (continued from previous page)throat, as quick as he runs, he eats the rope.
A spinning wheel.As I went over yon London bridge I met a London boy, he took off his hat and threw off his clothes, what would you call the London boy?
AndrewThere was a man rode down the town, Great Britain was his name, His bridle and saddle "was" girted with Gold, And there it's three times I have told you his name. WasBlackie and white went up the hill blackie came back and white stayed still.
A black hen going to lay an egg. Riddle me, riddle, me, "ruitin", how many potatoes in a pot of "bruitin"? None because they are all "Cruitin".What goes round the house and round dragging its "puddings" after it?
A hen and a flock of chickens.
What walks the ground and never tosses the dew? A shadow.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Fred Forbes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim
- Collector
- Mary Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
- Collector
- Michael J. Gilmartin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
- Collector
- Nora Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim