School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)
- Location:
- Cill Mhic Bhúith, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: P. Ó Loingsigh
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- Q. As white as milk, and as black as ink, and it hops on the road like hailstones.
A. A MagpieQ. Long and lanky, deaf and dumb, has no legs and yet can run.
A. A River.Q. What bird carries the most weight.
A. A Crane.Q. Flies high, flies low, wears boots and has none.
A. A football.Q. As round as an apple, a deep as a pail, and it never bawls till you pull it by the tail.
A. A Bell.Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman, the half of a man.
A. A Penny.- Collector
- Michael Kenneally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- An Daingean, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- James Kenneally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Occupation
- Baker
- Address
- An Daingean, Co. Chill Chainnigh