School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)
- Location:
- Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 265
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- (continued from previous page)What is it thats black and white and read all over? = Newspaper.
It is neither inside the house nor outside the house and still it is useful to the house.?= Window.
Round the house round the house and lies at the backdoor?= Broom.
Under the fire over the fire and never touches he fire.? A cake in an over
As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Derry would not lift it up.?=Well.
Out of a room-ful you could not get a spoon-ful? Smoke.
What never was nor never will be stretch your hank and there you will see? Non of your five fingers the same length.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Mary Kilgallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fallathurteen, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Kilgallon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Fallathurteen, Co. Sligo
