School: Druminardly
- Location:
- Drumman Beg, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Cuanáin
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- (continued from previous page)on the road like hailstones. Ans. A magpie.
5) As I looked out my bedroom window I saw a dead thing carrying a live thing. Ans: A man on a bicycle.
Got from: Mr. Joseph Murphy, Drummingmore, Ruskey, Dromod (63)
- 1) As I went up to Dublin I saw a great wonder four and twenty little things tearing the earth asunder. Ans: a harrow.
2) Spell broken down ditch in three letters. Ans: gap
3) What is the height of nonsense. Ans: Supping soup with a fork
Got from: Mrs. Thomas Kearns. Druminardly, Ruskey, Dromod (52) - Informant
- Mrs Thomas Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Roscommon
- 1) As I was running I found it, and for to find it I looked all round, and if I got it I'd throw it away and when I didn't I held it all day. Ans: A thorn
2) A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire. Ans: A birdcage
3) What is brought to the table and cut but never eaten. Ans: A pack of cards.
4) As I went over yonder wall, I heard a man who let a loud call. His beard was flesh his mouth was horn and such a man was never born. A cock crowing(continues on next page)
