School: Ballydaniel (roll number 13892)
- Location:
- Ballydaniel, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Micheál Mac Amhlaoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)get one quarter, and the youngest was to get one-fifth. The horses were not to be cut into parts. How was it done?
Their uncle was riding by on his horse. He got down, and put his own horse with the nineteen, which made twenty.
To the eldest he gave ten. To the next he gave five. To the youngest he gave four. Then he got up on his own horse and rode away.
- Ink ank, under the bank
Ten drawing four!A woman milking a cow.
Four lilly landers
Four stick standers
Two lookers
Two crookers
And a wheelabout!A Cow.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Alice Mullan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Maher
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny
