School: Naomh Gertrude (Clochar Loreto)
- Location:
- Scartlea, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán M. Ní Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 299g
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- 1. It is black it is white and red all over. A newspaper.
2. 'Tis as black as ink and as white as milk and it hops on the road like hailstones. A magpie.
3. Long and narrow thin and tall many a man caused it to fall. A gun.
4. What crossed the river without making a sound. A shadow.
5. What runs but cannot walk.
6. Father and Mother, sister and brother running all day and cannot catch up to each other.
The wheels of a motor car.
7. I have a little house and a mouse could not live in it and all the men in town(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Paddy Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 24
- Occupation
- Painter
- Address
- Faghcullia, Co. Kerry
