School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 12_058
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- 1. Where is there a shoemaker that can make a shoe without leather, four elements put together, Fire, water earth and air, and every customer gets two pairs.
A horse.
2. As black as soot and soot it is n't, as white as snow, and snow it is n't. It hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone is it n't.
What is it.?
A magpie
3. If doh, me, soh, went into the asylum. If doh, soh came out, who was within.?
(Me)
4. What animal goes in four feet in the morning, two in the midday and three in the evening.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
