School: An t-Éadan Mór
- Location:
- An tÉadan Mór, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: S. Mac Philib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)Nineteen men and nineteen pence each.
18. Down in yon meadow there is a table. It is neither ash nor oak nor any other kind of wood that every grew?
Ice.
19. What goes up the ladder with it's head down?
A nail in a man's shoe.
20. I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winders and saw the dead burying the live?
The ashes burying the coals.
21. Ink oint [?] on the bank ten drawing four.
Milking a cow.
22. I ran to I got it when I got it I sat down to look for it. I could not find it and I got up and away with it?
A thorn.
23. Everything has it and so has a pipe.
A name.
24. All girls have it not boys have and poor Mrs Mulligan has it twice in the one place.
The letter "L".(continues on next page)
