School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)
- Location:
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 004
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- I see some sheep that are white, white, white
I see a horn that is bright, bright, bright.
I see a field that is blue, blue, blue.
And what I tell is true, true, true.
Ans. sheep = stars
horn = moon
fields = sky.
A herd of white cows and a red bull in the middle.
Ans. white cows = teeth
red bull = tongue
There is a little house and a mouse could not live in it and all the men in town could not count all the windows in it.
Ans = thimble.
Black and white and read all over.
Ans = Newspaper.
What calf dont you eat.
Ans = the calf of your leg.
As I went up a slippery gap. I met my Uncle Davy with timber toes and iron nose and upon my word he would frighten the crows.
Ans = a gun.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire T. Ní Dhálaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Scairtín Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Cáit Ní Mhurchadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Scairtín Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
