School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)
- Location:
- Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
- Teachers: P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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- (continued from previous page)What is it, that a person ought to keep, after giving it to another? His word.
What is it, that requires many answers, but asks no questions? A door-bell.
A man went to the wood for timber. He could get, neither a crooked stick nor a straight stick. Still he got a load of timber. What did he get?
Saw-dust.
A man went to the wood for timber. He got it, and he did not want it. He came home, and he knew he had it, but could not find it. Where was it? A thorn in his finger.
I have a little sister,
They call her peep-peep,
She wandered in the waters, so deep deep.
She climbed the hills, so high high.
And I have a little sister, who has a very bright eye. A star.
One day as I was walking round the garden, I met someone. It was neither men women nor children.
Who was it? A man, woman and child.
As I was walking down the garden path one day I saw something I could eat. It was neither flesh, fish or meat. What was it? An Egg.
What vessel makes the most noise? An empty one.
What are the tree words with ask me have I(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Yvonne Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Thomas Coonan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
