School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)
- Location:
- Kiltybo, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Michael S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 504
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- (continued from previous page)Its red, white, olive, and green, The king cannot find it neither can the Queen. (A rainbow)
Black and white and read all over.
(A book)
Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters. (Fox)
Its not inside or outside and yet it is under the roof of the house.
(A window)
I have a black horse tied to the ?
It would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal, If I would give it water, it would not live at all. (The fire)
A man was born in England, Married in Scotland, And died in France and what was he. (A corpse)
It goes in dry and comes out wet, The longer you leave it the stronger it gets. (Tea in a teapot)
If a man fell from a building(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curneen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Nicholas
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curneen, Co. Mayo
