School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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8. As I went up the steeple I met three people
They wer neither men, wemon or children, but still they were three people.
(Ans) A man, woman and child.
9. What knitting is done without knitting needles
(Ans) Knitting of the brows
10. What is the last thing you take off when you are going to bed (Ans) Your feet off the floor.
11. What is the difference between a schoolmaster an a stationmaster. (Ans) One trains the mind and the other minds the train.- Collector
- Mary Kealy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kealy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kilcolgan, Co. Galway