School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhda
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 236
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- R. A useless useful instrument: from once its bought it is never lent. The man that buys it does not want it, and the man that needs it knows nothing about it?
A. Coffin.
R. What weight is the moon?
A. The moon is one cwt weight because there are four quarters in it.
R. As round as an apple as deep as a cup, and all the men in Derry would not lift it up?
A. A Spring well.
R. It is deep and it is damp and it is green above the bank and its fir for a Lord or a Lady?
A. A grove.
R. What will go up the chimney down but will not come down the chimney up.
A. An umbrella?
R. What goes up the ladder with its(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie Cullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curragha, Co. Leitrim
