School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 311
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- (continued from previous page)7. Climbing in fences and tripping in thorns
A brown little heifer without any horns.
Ans. A hare
8. As I went up to Sandyhill. Sandhill was shaking. All the birds in Sandyhill were gathering in a heap.
Ans. A person winnowing oats.
9. It has only one eye, it has a long tail. Every time it goes in and out the gap half of its long tail gets caught in the trap.
Ans. A needle and thread.
10 Useless, useless instrument
When its bought its never lent.
The man who buys it its not his own.
But the man its for it brings him home. Ans A coffin.
11. What is the most useless thing a person can have in his pocket. A hole.
12. It opens like a barndoor it shuts(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo
