School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)
- Location:
- Glencar, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Mag Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 199
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- (continued from previous page)Q. I went to town on Friday and I stayed in the town for a week. I came back again on th same Friday. How is that?
A. The horse's name was Friday
Q. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man
A. A penny
Q. What grows in the wood, sounds in the town, ad earns his master many a crown?
A. A Fiddle
Q. What side of a cup is the handle on?
A. The outside
Q. A bridge on a lake without a stick or a stone.
A. Frost
Q. If a person falls off a house what does he fall against?
A. Against his will
Q. What is the shyest thing in the house?
A. The clock because it covers its face with its hands
Q. What smells first when you go into the chemists shop?
A. Your nose
Q. What is taken from you before you get it?
A. Your Photo
Q. Where was Moses when he was smoking his pipe!(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Mary Gilligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Gilligan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
