School: Leath-cheathrú (roll number 13437)
- Location:
- Lecarrow, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Ó Maidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 511
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- (continued from previous page)Q x Two N's , two O's an L and a D Put them together and spell them for me?
Ans London
Q xi As round as an apple
As deep as a cup,
All the men in Londonderry
Would not lift it up?
Ans A well
Q xii It is deep and it is damp
And it is green above the bank,
And it is fit for a lord or a lady?
Ans A grave
Qxiii
Under gravel I do travel
Over gravel I do stand
I rode the mare that never foaled
And held the bridle in my hand?
Ans A trainWhy is a black hen cleverer than a white hen?
Why does a hen pick the pot?
A flock of white sheep in a red hill; here they go, there they go now they stand still?
One half alive one half dead?
Twenty white cows tied to the wall, out comes the read one & licks them all.
A little ladyeen up there with a white peticoat & a green dresseen?
- Collector
- Micheál Ó Goibhicín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lavy More, Co. Mayo
