School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)
- Location:
- Camphire, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 298
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- (continued from previous page)I went into an orchard, there were apples in it, I took no apples out and I left no apples in it?
There were two apples, I took one apple and left one.
As I went up a slippery gap I met my Uncle Davy
I cut off his head and left his body easy?
A head of cabbage.
Eleven pairs hanging high, eleven lords passing by. Each of them took eleven and still there were eleven there?
Eleven was a man's name.
Which is the oldest tree in the wood?
The elder.
What goes up when the rain comes down?
An umbrella.
What is the shyest thing in the house?
The clock, because it has its hands always on its face.
Put on the table, cut but never eaten?
A pack of cards.
Black and white and read all over?
A newspaper.
Spell Blackwater in three letters?
Ink.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Heffernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Headborough, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Pádraig Ó Gadhra
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 30
- Occupation
- Oibrí
- Address
- Headborough, Co. Waterford
