School: Gleann Fhaoilidh (Gleneely)
- Location:
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 226
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- (continued from previous page)10. Long man legless comes to the door steeples. He says "Keep in your hens and ducks, I'm not afraid of your cats and dogs"?
A worm.
11. Why does a cow look over a fence?
Because she could not look through it.
12. I have a wee mare with an iron throat the faster she gallops she swallows the rope?
A sewing machine.
13. I washed my hands in water it was neither rain nor rum. I dried them with a towel that was neither woven nor spun.
The dew and sun.
14. As I went through a field of wheat I picked up something queer. It was neither flesh, beef nor bone and I kept it until it was able to run alone?
An egg.
15. It is in the window it is not in the pen. It is in the wool it is not in the sheep. It is in the water but it is not in the deep?
The letter w.
16. As I was going over London Bridge I met a London scholar. He took off his cap(continues on next page)
