School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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- (continued from previous page)Answer: A blackberry
question Long legs crocked thighs little head and no eyes.
Answer: a tongs
question Round the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night
Answer: a brush.
question How many legs have 52 sheep a dog and his master.
Answer: two legs.
question Forty sheep went out a gap
Forty more kept following that three and two how much is that
Answer: five.
question Round the field and round the field and sleeps in the house at night
Answer: a herd's stick.
question Ink ank under the bank ten drawing four.
Answer:L A woman milking a cow.
question Four mary anders four stick standers, two lookers, two puckers and a wagger
Answer: a cow.
question If a brick weighs a pound and a half how much would a brick and a half(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridget Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crois Ghearla, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- Hubert Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lios Muilinn, Co. na Mí