School: Baile Uí Mhuinghile (roll number 8284)
- Location:
- Ballymonally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0133, Page 659
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“I went up the roading I came down the roading and I carried the roading on my back.”
(continued from previous page)biggest hat.= The man with the biggest head.
8. Where was Moses when the light went out. =In the dark.
9. Why does a hen pick a pot. = Because she cannot lick it.
10. Why does a horse look over the fence. = Because he cannot look under it.
11. What can take a bigger bite than a horse. = A scythe.
12. What is in in the day and out in the night. = The latch of the door.
13. Two little Indians dressed in white took the fever and died one night. = Two candles.
14. As I went in a gap I met a little fellow with a red head and he is more afraid of a cock and hen than the King and his men. A worm.
15. How many wells would it take to make a river. : One if it was big enough.
16. Born in Scotland lived in England(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Mac Aoidh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tomás Mac Aoidh
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo