School: Eanach Mór (C.) (roll number 12427)
- Location:
- Annaghmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Uí Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 259
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- (continued from previous page)[a hen laying an egg]A hundred crows were in a field a man shot one, how many were left.
[no one, because the shot would fright in the rest]Why do we all go to bed
[Because the bed won't come to us]Every man has it, every woman has it, and Mrs Hannon has it in three places.
[The letter N in her name]Why is a stamp a good scholar
[Because it sticks to its letters]What never was, what never will be. Stretch out your fingers and you will see.
[The first finger as long as the middle one]Round the house, and round the house, and all heads down(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Kate Bruen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Kilfree, Co. Sligo
