School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Mochua (roll number 15632)
- Location:
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Calasanctius
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 266
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- (continued from previous page)A house-full a room-full and you couldn't take a spoon full.
Freagra - Smoke.Riddle me Riddle me Andy O. Me father gave me seed to sow
The seed was bad and the ground was white
Riddle me that agen Saturday night.
Freagra - Ink and Paper.As I went out a slippery gap I met me Uncle Davy I took out me knife and cut off his head and left his body aisy.
Freagra - Head of Cabbage.Tis black and white and read all over.
Freagra - Newspaper.Why does a hen pick a pot?
Freagra - Because she could not lick it.Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Freagra - Because she could not look under it.Why does a miller wear a white cap?
Freagra - To cover his head.What runs from Waterford to Dublin yet never move.
Freagra - The road.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Quinlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenville, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Thomas Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
