School: Caisleán Grás, Cloichín an Mhargaidh (roll number 11288)
- Location:
- Caisleán an Ghrásaigh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó hAilgheanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 572
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- Which is the strongest animal in the world?
A snail because he carries his house on his back.
Three feet and no legs what is that?
A yard.
Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more after that, a sheep and his doe follows after, how many feet were there?
Two.
Grows in grass and turns white?
A head of cabbage
Under the fire, over the fire, but never touches the fire?
A cake
What goes under the water, over the water and never touches the water?
The sun
- Collector
- Michael Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Caisleán an Ghrásaigh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- J. Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Labourer
