School: Cluainín, Granard
- Location:
- Clooneen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 170
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- (continued from previous page)78. I went till I got it and when I got it I began to look for it and when I couldn't get I brought it with me? a thorn.
79. Ten drawing four? A woman milking a cow.
80. As black as ink, as white as snow and hops on the road? Hail-stones.
81. What has ears and can't hear? A pot
82. Four cats in a barn, a ct in every corner and a cat sitting on every cat's tail. How many cats were there? four cats.
83. Written by Ellen Reilly, Drumnacrehar, Dring, Granard. aged 13 years.
A bonnachy of bread and a sheet full of crumbs? The moon and the stars.
84. What's the red rogue of the world? Fox
85. What part of a cow goes of on a gap first? Her breath.
86. There was a man lived in this town Great Grisle was his name.
His saddle bow was guilt with gold and there's three times 9 told his name.
- Hink, hank, under bank.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellen Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Druminacrehir, Co. Longford
