School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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- (continued from previous page)And also the towns of Deal and Dover. I'm once in one and twice in three, let solvers find a name for me.
Answer: The letter E.
III As I was going through a field of wheat I picked up something good to eat, It was neither meat, flesh, feather nor bone.
I kept it till it ran alone.
Answer: An egg.
IV It is in the rock, it's not in the stone,
It's in the marrow and it's not in the bone,
It's in the church and it's not in the people
It's in the minister and it's not in the steeple.
Answer: The letter R.
V How many feet has forty sheep a Shepherd and his dog.
Answer: Two feet.
VI As I was going to St. Ives,
I met three tinkers and their wives,
Each wife carried a sack, In each sack there was a cat, each cat had three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Palmerstown, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Kelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Palmerstown, Co. Mayo
