School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 107
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Four legs up four legs down soft in the middle hard all around.
A bed.
Why is the sun cruel.
Because it tans so many woman.
Sixthy cups were on a table one got broken how many were left?
Five.
Hitty more Hatty more under the kitchen door nothing so hot as hitty more Hhatty more under the kitchen door.
The Sun.
Londonderry Cork & Kerry spell me that with out a k.
That.
What is full of holes & yet can hold water
A sponge.
If a man took a half an hour to wash himself what would it take to dry himself.
A towel
If a man had twenty patches on his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Miss Nannie Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
