School: Árd-achadh (B.) (roll number 14075)
- Location:
- Ardach, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Anraoi Musgrave
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)that house there is a press and in that press there is a cup and in that cup there is sup which every one must taste.
Ans: Death.
- There is a thing in the field and when you pull it’s hand its nose will bleed.
Ans: A pump.It opens like a barn - door
It closes like a trap
Ans: Your mouth.’Tis here ’tis there ’tis everywhere
it takes a bite as big as a horse
but still it eats no grass?
Ans : A ScytheAs I went out a slipper gap I met my uncle Davy, I cut off his head left his body easy.
Ans: A head of cabbage.As round as an apple,(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mr M. Hurley
- Gender
- Male
