School: Glendalough
- Location:
- Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 363
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- Q. Two N N two O O an L and a O put them together and spell them for me.
A. London
Q. Why is a dog with a broken leg so much like a boy doing sums.
A. Because he puts down three and carries one.
Q. As black as ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hail-stones.
A. A Mag-pie.
Q. As green as grass and it is not grass, as red as blood and it is not blood, as black as ink and it is not ink what is it
A. A Blackberrie.
Q. How many feet has forty sheep a shepard and his dog
A. Two.
Q. Theres a county in Ireland it always in fame spell it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Carmel Ní Bhroin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Phelim Ó Broin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Occupation
- Tiománaí
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
