School: Lugnaskeehan (roll number 6562)
- Location:
- Lugnaskeehan, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Eibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 423
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What’s in the rock and not in the stone,
What’s in the marrow and not in the bone,
What’s in the priest and not in the people,
What’s in the church and not in the steeple,
Twice in the river and once in the air,
Through lakes, ponds and ditches.
You’ll not find me there.
(Answer- the letter r)
Pupils name. Mary McGoldrick. Buck hill Barn Dromahair.
Two dead men went out to fight one night.
Two cripples ran for the guards. Two dummies shouted hurry hurry.
Answer. A lie
A beggar had a brother and the brother he was drowned. What relation was the beggar to to the brother that was drowned?
Answer. A sister
- Collector
- Elizabeth Mc Partland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenboy, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Peter Mc Partland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenboy, Co. Leitrim
- As round as an apple as flat as a pan, One side a woman and the other a man Answer - A penny
