School: Ballyroan (Convent) (roll number 1556)
- Location:
- Ballyroan, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 313
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- As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman and the whole of a man.
A penny. Jenny in the ditch, Jenny out of the ditch and if you go near Jenny she'll bite you.
A nettle.
Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back?
19.
As I went up the hill one day I met my uncle Davy I knocked off his head and drank his blood and left his body dry.
A bottle of whiskey.
Riddle me riddle me [?] me father gave me some seeds to sew the ground was white and the seeds were black riddle me that and I'll give you a pint.
Ink and paper.(continues on next page)
