School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 280
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- (continued from previous page)And a little boy to carry it.
Ans. A rope.
Little red Nancy sits by the wall and eats all she gets but she drinks none at all.
Ans. A fire.
Black within, black without and four corners round about.
Ans. A rick of turf.
Ink, Ank, under bank ten drawing four.
Ans. A man milking a cow.
There was a man rode through this town,
Great Griddle was his name,
His saddle girth was lined with gold,
And now three times I have told his name. What was it?
Ans. Was.
Little white Nancy has a red nose, the longer she lives the shorter she grows.
Ans. A candle.
I went out to the wood to gather sticks and all I got I left behind and all I(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath
