School: Athea (roll number 15686)
- Location:
- Athea, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs M. Danaher
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 027
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- 1. What is as crooked as the river?
Its banks
2. What is in the house with a pus?
The pot-rack
3. It goes round the house and it stops at the door.
A brush
4. Tis as white as milk and milk it isn't, tis as green as grass and grass it isn't, tis as red as a rose and a rose it isn't, tis as black as ink and ink is isnt
A Blackberry
5. As round as a marble as deep as a cup the kind and his army couldn't take it up.
A Well(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Cathasaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athea, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Daniel O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athea Lower, Co. Limerick
