School: Inch Island
- Location:
- Carrickanee, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Mac Fhinn
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Q: As I went up a slippery slap, I met a small black bull. He kicked and I flung. If you had have been there you you would have seen the fun, what is that?
Ans: A jag in your heel.
Q: One half dead and the other half living and a tail wagging.
Ans: A dog with his head in a pot.
Q: As round as an apple as plum as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all.
Ans : The sun.
Q: What goes round and round(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eddie Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlequarter, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Hannah Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlequarter, Co. Donegal