School: Cill Mhuire, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 13942)
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 548
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- (continued from previous page)4. Little Nancy Eticoat in a white petticoat with a red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
A candle
5. Where was Moses when the light went out?
In the dark.
6. Where was Paddy when he lit his pipe?
Behind it.
7. Why does a hen pick the pot?
Because she cannot lick it.
8. Why does a cow look over the wall?
Because she can't look under it.
9. What part of a cow goes into the cabin first?
Her breath.
10. Where was the first candle ever lit?
On a wick.
11. I warn all the children when at a school they should attend, I tell them when the class begins and when the lessons end but one harmful example unhappily I set, though my hands are always busy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Margaret Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Austin Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Quilty, Co. Clare
