School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)
- Location:
- Swords, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: A. Hamill
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Q. Forty sheep went through the gap,
Forty more after that 6, 7, 10, 11, 3 and 2 hour much is that
A. five.
Q. What time is it when the clock strikes 13.
A. It is time to get it mended.
Q. Said a child to its Father how does it come that you are my Father and I am not your son
A. She was his daughter.
Q. As I looked off the hill if howth
I saw a ship full of people yet
there was not a single person on it.
A. They were all married.
Written by: Jack Savage Main St. Swords
Told by: Robert Savage main St Swords
- Collector
- Jack Savage
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Robert Savage
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 21
