School: Monreagh (roll number 7143)
- Location:
- Monreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. J. James
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 120
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- There was a fiddler in Dublin who had a brother a Fiddler in Derry. But the fiddler in Derry had no brother a fiddler in Dubblin A Sister
As I went over London bridge I met a London scholar I give him alick with my blackthorn stick what was the name of the scholar Alesc
Riddle me Riddle me whats that over the head under the hat Hair
Twenty sisc sheep went through a gate one died how many left. 19 sheep
What is full and can hold more
a pot of potatoes
What does a hen cross the road for
To get to the other side
What turns without moving Milk
Its long and its narrow and not very wide it wears a green border in every side The road
What has wings and cannot fly A cart
What has feet and cannot walk A pot
What stands on one leg with its heart in its head
- Collector
- Emily Wray
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- William Gardiner
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
