School: Askill (roll number 5294)
- Location:
- Askill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Padraig Ó Treabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 332
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- (continued from previous page)As I was going over yond guttery gap I met my Uncle Davey. He had a stick in his hand and a stone in his belly. Riddle me that... and I give you a penny.
A haw.Twenty-four white cows standing in a hall up comes the red one and leaps over all
Your teeth and your tongueThe man that made it did not want it. The man that bought it did not use it. The man that used it did not see it. and the man that wore it could not tell whether it fitted him ill or well.
A coffin.What is it that the more you take off it the bigger it gets?
A grave.As I was going through you guttery gap I met my Uncle Davey I pulled off his hat and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
A bottle of Whiskey.In comes four legs and picks up one leg Up gets two legs picked up three legs knocked down four legs and brings back one leg.
A dog making off with a leg mutton from a woman who picks up a three legged stool and knocked him down.Why is a horse never hungry on a long journey?
He has always a bit in his mouth.(continues on next page)
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