School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P.J. Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 209
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- A duck before two ducks, A duck between two ducks, and a duck behind two ducks, How many ducks
Answer:Three Ducks
As small asa house, as brown as a mouse, as green as grass and goes white to mass.
Answer: A grain of flax
Out of a room full you cannot take a spoon-full.
Answer:Smoke
What was the length of the year 1888.
Answer: One and three eights
I ran about until I got it. When I got it I sat down to look for it but I could not get it: So I brought it off with me
Answer: A thorn
Pimpeen, pompeen popping on the grass, up pops pimpeen and hits pompeen on the back.
Answer: Hailstones
Eight arms no hands a wooden leg but cannot stand it's often wet, but cannot feel, has no boots, but is shod(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mac Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Ballinlig Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Mac Loughlin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlig Lower, Co. Westmeath
