School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)
- Location:
- Thomastown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Dubhlaine
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- (continued from previous page)Little red Nancy standing in the hall the longer she stands the quicker she goes.
A lighting candle.
Why are the measurements of the ocean called knots. If that was not so they could not have the ocean tide.
Why is a blanket compared to a railway line.
Because they are both laid on sleepers.
As round as a marble as steep as a cup and all the King's horses could not pull it up.
A well.
- Lizzie, Elizabeth, Betty and Bess went over the river to seek a birds nest. There were four eggs in it and each took an egg and how many were left. Four.
As i was going up Baker St., I met three Christian people and they were not men women or children.
A man, a woman and a child.
As I was going to St. Ives I met a man and his five wives. Each wife had a bag. In each bag there was a cat. Each cat had four(continues on next page) - Collector
- William O' Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moatquarter, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs O' Dwyer
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moatquarter, Co. Tipperary
