School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)
- Location:
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 007
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- Q = It is’nt inside or outside but it is about the house someplace
A = A window
Q = Eleven lords passing by. Eleven pairs hanging high. Each Lord took a pair and still there was eleven there.
A = Eleven was there.
Q = I am a shoemaker and I make shoes without leather. All sorts of animals mixed up together, water, earth and air. Every customer takes a pair.
A = A Blacksmith
Q = Long legs, crochet thighs, small head and no eyes.
A = A tongs.
Q = What is it that has no flesh or bones and yet it has fingers.
A = A glove.
Q = What is it that is taken before you get it.
A = Your photo.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Dhubhghaill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Barron
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
