School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)
- Location:
- Barnaran, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 185
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- 1. Peadar Mac Giolla Phádruig.
2. Lullymore, Rathangan.
3. 13 Years.
4. Sgoláire.
5. Lullymore.
6. A h-athair 7 a máthair.
7. Aon bhliadhain ó shoin.
10. 27adh bealtaine, 1938.Riddles
1) Alive in front, dead in the middle and baptized behind?
Ans. A man ploughing.2) I washed my hands in water that never rained or ran, and dried them with a towel that never was woven or spun.?
Ans. I washed them in the dew and dried them in the sun.3) Whet goes up when rain comes down.?
Ans. An umbrella.4) As I went out in the slippery gap I met my Uncle Davy. I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying easy.?
Ans. A bottle of porter.5) What goes round the house, and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night.
Ans. A brush.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peadar Mac Giolla Phádruig
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Lullymore East, Co. Kildare
