School: Mungret (C.) (roll number 11784)
- Location:
- Mungret, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 166
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- (continued from previous page)As I was going over Westminister Bridge.
I met a Westminister scholar.
He put his hand into his pocket and drew out a glove.
What was the scholars name.
Ans. Andrew.
Blackie and Whitie went up a hill.
Blackie came down and Whitie stayed above.
Ans. A Hen laying an egg.
The rich man hasnt it.
The poor has it.
The blind man sees it.
The deaf man hears it.
Ans. Nothing.
Hairy all over and covered with skin.
Ans. A pig.
Over gravel I did travel.
On the ropes I did stand.
I rode a mare that never foaled.
And I held the bridle in my hand.
Ans. A ship.
As round as a hoop
As flat as a pan
The whole of a woman
The head of a man.
Ans. A penny(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Islandduane, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr T. Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Mungret, Co. Limerick
