School: Boston (roll number 10212)

Location:
Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhocharthaigh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0777, Page 164

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I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it, + no one could count the windows in it
A Thimble
What is the fist thing you do When you go to bed.
Toss it.
Why does a hen cross the road.
Because the other side wont come to her.
How many feet has Forty sheep a shepherd + his dog.
Two
A Fiddler in Newbridge has a brother, a Fiddler in Naas, yet the Naas Fiddler has not a brother a fiddler in Newbridge.
The Fiddler in Newbridge is a girl.
What runs and cant walk.
Water.
Why does a hen pick a pot
She cant lick it.
There is a little man, he sets in a field. When you stir his head, his nose will bleed.
A pump.
Up the boreen, down the boreen, and the boreen on his back.
A ladder.
Look at your hand and you will see, what never was + never will be.
Your little finger as long as the others.

Collector
May Corcoran
Gender
female
Age
13
Address
Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare
Language
English