School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0260, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)heads down? "The nails in shoes".
From place to place he goes, a messenger small and slight, and whether it rains or snows, he sleeps outside in the night. "A path".
As I was running a thing I found; and to get it I searched all round, If I could get it I'd throw it away but when I couldn't I kept it all day. "A thorn".
I am a little dish, and I am filled with meat every day except Sunday. "A thimble".
All round the house, and neither within or without. "The windows".
A little red cow sits by the wall, eats all she gets and drinks none at all. "The fire".
Four feet, no wings, and flys (flies) about. "A dead animal".
If there were 200 crows in a field, 50 were shot, how many remained? "None, the rest flew away".
What is the smallest County in Ireland? "Cork because it fits in a bottle".
Why is the sun like a sixpence? "Because it is a tanner".
Spell red rogue in three letters. "Fox".
Spell black water in three letters. "Ink".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gilkagh East, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Connolly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gilkagh East, Co. Galway
