School: Baile an Churraigh
- Location:
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Teacher: A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 397
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- Q.1/ A fiddler, and his wife, and a piper, and his mother were employed to play at a dance, the payment being a cake and half each. The man who employed them had only three cakes and three half ones how did he manage to give them their full payment
A. the fiddlers wife was the pipers mother
Q 2/ when does two and two make more then four
A. When it makes 22
Q 3/ Why does a hen cross the road?
A To get to the other side
Q 4/ Why does a hen pick the pot?
A Because she cannot lick it.
Q 5/ What goes up when rain comes down?
A. "Umbrella"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ussey, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
