School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 002
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- (continued from previous page)an old man his face was flesh, his mouth was horn and such an old man was never born
A. A cock
Q. As white as milk and milk it is not, as green as grass and grass it is not, as red as blood and blood it is not. As black as ink and ink it is not.
A. A blackberry
Q. Forty sheep went out a gap,
Forty more followed that,
Six, seven, ten, eleven,
Three and two how many are that
A. Five
Q. Grows in the wood,
Sounds in the town,
Earns many a penny
And half a crown
A. A fiddle
Q. Four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening.
A. A person (Child-hood, man-hood and old man with a stick)
Q. Luke has it in the front, Paul behind, and Kelly twice in one place.
A. The letter "L"
Q. It is not your brother, nor your sister and still it is a child of your father and mother. Who is it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pauline Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glen, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- John Mullen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Glen, Co. Sligo
