School: An Cruachán (roll number 5243)
- Location:
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Chearra
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 359
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- 1. As I was going along the way I met a wee thing rolled in hay. It was neither fish flesh nor bone. I kept it till it walked alone.
An egg.
2. Use me well and Im everybody. Scratch my back and Im nobody.
A Looking-glass.
3. What is always behind time.
The back of a watch.
4. As white as milk and milk it's not. As green as grass and grass it's not. As red as blood and blood it's not. As black as ink and ink it's not.
A Blackberry.
5. H and P they did agree to pull down I which could not be without the leave of J M stood amazed marvelled and gazed to see the hatred of H and P.
The Crucifixion of our Saviour.
6. What has ears and cannot(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Brown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
