School: Lacken
- Location:
- Lackanduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Colreavy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 183
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- Shut like a barn door opens like a trap many a thing you will think of but you'll never think of that:- An umberella
a leaper of ditches a clipper of thorns a little brown cow and a leather pair of horns:- A Hare
Tink tank on the bank ten drawn four:- A man milking a cow.
As I went out on yonder gap I met my uncle Davie I took him up and sucked his blood and left him lying easy:- A blackberry
Patches upon patches and patches without stitches riddle me that and I'll give you a penny:- A head of cabbage
Little Jenny Huddle sits in a puddle she wears a green gown and a white petticoat:- A rush
Use me well and I'm every body scratch my back and I'm nobody:- A mirror
The King of Rorey bought a ship and in that ship his daughter lay and I'll be blamed for telling her name and that's 3 times I told her name:- Ann
Who is the oldest woman in the world:-Ann Tiquity
In yonder meadow there is a table and in yonder table there is a drawer and in that drawer there is a cup and in that cup there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Connon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Peter Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pollafree, Co. Cavan
