School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0582, Page 052
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- 1. Black and white and red all over.
(The Newspaper.)
2. My face is white, my hands are black,
I'm always going day and night.
(A clock.)
3. Riddle me, riddle me randy ó. My father gave me seeds to sow. The seeds were black the ground was white. Riddle me this and I'll buy you a kite.
(Writing a letter,)
4. Under the ditch and over the ditch, but cant touch the ditch. (A nettle.)
5 Little Mary Andy, the longer she lives the shorter she grows. ( A candle.)
6. What turns, but never moves. (Milk.)
- Collector
- Bella Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
