School: Durrus, Bantry (roll number 13023)
- Location:
- Durrus, Co. Cork
- Teacher: L. Blennerhassett
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- (continued from previous page)Forty sheep went spa gap, forty more went after that. Six and seven twice eleven, three and two, how much is that? Five.Spell green grass cut and saved in three letters. Hay.Spell thiveen(?) thivane(?) timber and thatch in four letters. RoofCork and Kerry, Londonderry. Spell those without a K. Those.If it takes twenty yards of cloth to make a jacket and waistcoat, what would it take to finish the suit? The trousers.If a fellow met a fellow in a fellow's field says a fellow to a fellow can a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow means. How many f's in that? NoneWhat is in marrow and not in bone. What is in rock and not in stone. What is in a river and not in a flood. What is in a tree and not in a wood? The letter R.What living creature never takes off its...(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susannah Jane Pyburn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Pyburn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork