School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)
- Location:
- Irishtown, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Manus
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- A head like a thimble a tail like a rat, you can guess forever but you will never guess that.
(A Pipe)
As I went up the borheen I met my Auntie Noreen with silver toes and crucked nose and dear knows she'd frighten the crows.
(A Gun)
I went out for a head of cabbage and I came in with something I didn't want.
(A Thorn)
Two long legs, two crucket thighs, a small head and no eyes
(A Tongs)
How many cows would it take to reach the sky.
(One if it were long enough)(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nancy Noonan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilvine, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Noonan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilvine, Co. Mayo