School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)
- Location:
- Loch Bratóige, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Eva Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 246
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- (continued from previous page)side a woman the other a man?
A penny.I have a wee cow, she stands at the wall, if you give her water she will die and if you give her wine she will fly?
A fire.Thirty two white cows standing in a row up comes the red bull and licked them all?
Your tongue and teeth.I went up the road and came down the road and took the road on my shoulder?
A ladder.The man that made it made it well, the man that wore it never saw it?
A coffin.As I went through your field I met and ugly beast with nine heads and nine tails and ninety nine score of nails?
A thistle.As I was going to Dublin I met a London scholar he took off his hat and he drew off his gloves, could you tell me the name of the London scholar?
Andrew.What is full and will hold more?
A pot full of potatoes.I have a wee house and it would not hold a mouse(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Ross
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Dúcharn, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Mina Dickson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loch Bratóige, Co. Mhuineacháin
