School: Leath-árdán
- Location:
- Lahardaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 77
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- (continued from previous page)would want to be entertained. Then the strawboys come in again and dance their fill.Riddles.
As I went over the London bridge, I met a London scholar. I took out my pen and drew his name. What was his name. Andrew.
It's deep and its damp and its green on the bank, and its fit for a Lord or Lady. A grave.
It's under the fire; its over the fire; and it never touches the fire atall. A cake.
What is the shyest thing in the house. The clock. Why, because it always has its hands (always) on its face.
A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire. A umbrella.
- Collector
- Shelia Jordan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 34516
- Informant
- Mrs Jordan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Mayo
