School: Géag (C.), Baile na Muc (roll number 13306)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 209
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- (continued from previous page)As high as a wall, as red as blood as sweet as honey?
An apple.
- What is it that sleeps with its fingers in its eye.
Ans. The crook.
What is the shyest piece of furniture in the house.
The clock because it always has its hands on its face.
What is full and will hold more.
Ans. A pot is full of potatoes and will hold water.
What stands in one end of the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Lizzie Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Lettergullion, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Eliza Duffy
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Lettergullion, Co. Longford
