School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)
- Location:
- Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 059
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- 1. As I went into St. Ives, I met seven men and seven wives, the seven men had seven kits, and in each kit there was seven cats. Kits, cats men and wives, how many went in to St. Ives.
Ans. One.
2. Round the house and round the house, and leaves but one track.
Ans. A wheelbarrow.
4. Over gravel I do travel, under land I do stand. I made the mare that never foaled, and held the bridle in my hand.
Ans. A ship.
5. Its neither inside, nor outside, but its useful to the house.
Ans. A window.
6. Chip, chip, cherry, all the men in Derry wouldn't climb up chip, chip, cherry.
Ans. Smoke.
7. As I went out the guttery gap, I met a man with a red cap, he had a stick in his hand,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hannah Mannion
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownurlar, Co. Sligo
