School: Tuar an Fhíona, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Gearóid Ó Coindealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 209
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- (continued from previous page)Two legs sitting on three legs watching one leg. In walks four legs and snaps away one leg. Up stands two legs and throws after four, the three legs and brings back one leg.
A woman sitting on a three-legged stool watching a leg of mutton. The woman stood up and threw after him the stool and got back the leg of mutton.
What makes more noise than a pig under a gate?
Two pigs.
What is always going and never stirs from where it is?
A clock.
I went into the wood and I found it. I sat down to look for it and I didn't find it. I came home and brought it with me. I looked for it and I found it and I threw it away.
A thorn.
What time does the eleven-thirty train arrive at the station?
After the engine.
What is it that is always drying and is never dry?
A towel.
- Collector
- Pádraig Teidhirs
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Buachaillí na Scoile
- Relation
- Not a relative
