School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 094
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- Q. What five lettered word if two was taken away would leave one
A. StoneQ. Two women were going to a market one day with eggs. One said to the other "If you give me one of your eggs I will have twice as many as you". The other woman said "If you give me one of your eggs I will have as many as you". How many had they each?
A. Five and sevenQ. What is it that always has it's hands on its face?
A. A clockQ. Spell reg rogue in three letters
A. FoxQ. What goes up the chimney with its head down
A. A sweep's brushQ. What is it that I have and you have and everything else has?
A. A nameQ. Deep it is damp it is and anyone that goes into it will never come out of it again
A. A graveQ. Black and white went up the hill black(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Julia Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Daniel Boland
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
