School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 453
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- There are not very many old people around this district, and therefore I cannot gather many stories about the leprechaun.
One Summer's evening as my mother was going for a bucket of water, about eight o'clock, and on her journey near the well, she saw this little man with a green jacket, and a red cap.
And not knowing what it was, she ran away, and when she returned he had disappeared.
- What goes up when rain comes down? = An umbrella.
When is a horse, not a horse? = When he is turned into a field.
What is the difference between a farmer, and a dressmaker? = One gathers what he sows, and another sews what he gathers.
What coin is no good to a King? = A Half a crown, because he cannot wear it.
What ship never goes to sea? = Scholarship.
What did Adam first set in the Garden of Eden? = His foot. - Collector
- Máire Ní hAnlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
