School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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- (continued from previous page)Why does a dog drink water?
Ans. Because he cannot eat it'All flesh and no bones and when it stands it stands on stones?
Ans. A Slar Mara.
As I went under the lane I met my sister Eliza Jane, With and iron nose and timber toes, and upon my word she would scare the crows?
Ans. A gun.
Why does a donkey eat thistles?
Ans. Because he is an ass. - The Care of the Feet.
In former times the people in my district wore no shoes till they were twelve. Some people wore no shoes till they were thirty-three. The children in our district go barefoot in summer. The children never went barefoot the whole year round.(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Lafferty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Colgan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Ballymagaraghy, Co. Donegal