School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0252
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- No. 1. A post-boy went into a butcher's stall and asked for a pound of mutton, and a pound of beef, and gave in two shillings, how did the butcher know he was a post-boy.
Answers=By his uniform.
No. 2. If a brick (and) weights three pounds and a half a brick, what will a brick and a half weigh.
Answer=9 lbs
No. 3. Forty sheep went out a gap, forty more went after that, and a shepherd and his dog. how many feet was that.
Answer=two feet
No. 4. Sisters and brothers I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.
Answer=He was the man's father.
No. 5 Little miss Nettycoat, she sits in the hall, if you go touch her, she will roar and bawl.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Justina Holohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Holohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbey, Co. Galway
