School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
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- (continued from previous page)Twenty six sheep went up a gap twenty more followed then and they were driven by a shepherd and his dog how many feet went up the gap?
Two feet.
What goes under the ground and over the ground and never touches the ground?
The train.
Four bellow banders, two hookers and a wheel about?
A cow.
A lazy old woman and a hard working man and twelve lazy children as black as the hob?
The clock.
As I went up a slippery gap I met my uncle James with iron nose and iron toes and upon my word he would frighten the crows?
A gun.
Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Because she cannot look under it.
Ding dang under a bank, ten drawing four?
A cow's paps.
Thomas Shea, Kells Station, Kerry.
Story-teller: Jeremiah Shea, Kells Station, Kerry. Age 50.
- Collector
- Thomas Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Jeremiah Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kerry
