School: Athea (roll number 15686)
- Location:
- Athea, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs M. Danaher
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 061
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- 1. What is the lightest penny worth made
A stamp
2. What kind of eers does an engine have.
Engineers
3. What is the best way to make a coat last.
By making coat and vest first.
4. What lions would you get in your garden
Dandelions
5. As round a marble as flat as a pan
Half a woman and the whole of a man
A penny.
6. How many feet has forty sheep
A shepherd and his dog.
Two
7. I set my little tree in the morning
Its up to the sky in the evening
Smoke.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín De Stach
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athea Upper, Co. Limerick
