School: Blessington
- Location:
- Blessington, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cuinn
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- Question. What fruit appears on every penny.
Answer. A Date.Q. What can you knit without needles.
A. Your brows.Q. Its black and white and read all over.
A. A Newspaper.Q. Washed in the water never run or sprung dried them with a towel that was never wove or spun.
A. Washed in dew and dried with sun.Q. Neither fish, flesh, feather or bone in the Demesne he walks alone.
A. A snail.Q. As white as milk and milk it is'nt as red as ink and ink it is'nt as black as silk and silk it is'nt.
A. A Blackberry.Q. As black as ink as white as milk and hops about like hail stones.
A. A Magpie.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr Boylan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pipershall, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mrs Boylan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pipershall, Co. Kildare