School: Faltia
- Location:
- Faltia, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 181
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- (continued from previous page)10 Under the fire and over the fire and never titches the fire?
A cake in the oven.
11 Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you would not guess that?
A pipe.
12 Once in timber not in trees, twice in a moment, and not in a hundred years?
Letter M.
13 It was a month old when Adam was born and it is not five weeks yet?
The moon.
14 How many sticks goes to a crow's nest?
None, she brings them herself.
15 Little genny griddle lying by the wall give her much give her little she well eat up all give her wind she will fly give her water she will die little genny griddle lying by the wall?
The fire.
16 Alive in the front dead in the middle and baptised behind?
A man ploughing.
17 Ink ank under the bank ten drawing four?
A woman milking.
18 Ere last night and the night before two(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mulvey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooniff, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Martin Mulvey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Clooniff, Co. Roscommon
