School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)
- Location:
- Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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- (continued from previous page)and Bet went over the sea for to rob a birds next three egg in it how many was left. Two.What goes up the hill as quick as it comes down. The hands of a clock. If you fell off the house what would you fall against. Against your will. Twenty sick sheep went in a gap one dies and how many came back. Ninteen. I have a little thing at home. It can eat but it cant drink. A fire. I have a little hing it is tied to the wall it can drink but it cant eat. A lamp. What always walks with its head down. A nail in your boot. What comes in on the peoples backand goes out like siilk. Turf. I have a little sister her name is little peep. she climbed up the hill so high high and this little sister has a very bright eye. A star. Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of britches. A cabbage. One half dead and the other half living and a tail waggin. A dog with its head(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lena O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughatorick North, Co. Galway
