School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0068
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- (continued from previous page)Ink ank under the bank ten drawing four.
A woman milking a cow.
Which burns longer a tallow or a wax candle
They both burn shorter.
Why is an oyster a curious creature.
Because he wears a beard without a chin.
As I rode up the hill and yet walked it
Yet was the name of the home.
Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire.
Because the pig wants to be put out and the fire wants to be put out.
As I walked through a field,
A picked up something good to eat
It was neither fish, flesh or whale bone.
An Egg.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lissyconor, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Lissyconor, Co. Galway
