School: Rooskey
- Location:
- Roosky, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Martin J. Casey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 235
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- Four stick standers four belly banders two crook huans and a whiskey away.
A cow.
The king of Connaught had a ship (an) on that ship a lady sat (an) I would be blamed to tell her name, (an) that's three times I've told it yet.
She was a lady named Anne.
Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more went after that, twenty-seven twice eleven three and four, how many are that?
Seven.
Why does a hen pick the pot?
Because she can't like it.
As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland would'nt fill it up.
A riddle of corn.
What part of a cow goes over a fence first?
Her breath.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man.
A penny.
What is it the more you take out of it the bigger it gets?
A hole.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Srah Lower, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Cawley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Srah Lower, Co. Mayo
