School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 514
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- "R- I have a little sister, she lives in the hall, if you go near her she will roar and ball. What is it?
A- A bell.
R- I have a grey goose, she is of a great prize. The man that will win her will want to be wise. She goes far from her dwelling, and seldom comes home, she has feet on her body and walks upon none. What is it?
A- A ship.
R- Deep down in the earth is the place of my birth, I am as black as the night, but your homes I make bright, when I burst into flames. What am I?
A- A coal.
R- Put on the table, cut, passed, but never eaten. What is it?
A- A pack of cards.
R- You see us in the sky at night, we dot it all with specks of light, but in the daytime you can see all things but us now what are we?
A- The stars.
R- In a field there is a house, and in that house there is a table, and in that table there is a drawer, and in that drawer there is a cup and in that cup there is a sup that everyone must taste. What is it?
A- Death.
R- What is it that God never sees, the king seldom sees and we see everyday.
A- An equal.
R- It goes in dry and comes out wet, the longer you leave it the stronger it gets. What is it?
A- Tea."
- Collector
- Teresa Shanley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fearmore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- May Conlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltober, Co. Westmeath
