School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)
- Location:
- Glencar, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Mag Ualghairg
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- (continued from previous page)R. What is it that has a head a foot and four legs
A A bedR. What grows in the wood sounds in the town and earns his master making a crown?
A. A FiddleR. Head without hair teeth without lips long body and no hips.
A. A rakeR. My back is bare my body is thin and I carry my gut outside of my skin.
A. A fiddleR. What did Brian Boru buy two halfpenny candles for?
A. For a pennyR. What weight is the moon?
A. It is a hundred weight because there are four quarters in it.R. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
A. A pennyR. As I was going out on a guttery gap I met a wee man with a red cap. He said he was more afraid of a cock and hen than King George and all his men.
A. A snailR. There was a room full of people one time and there was not a single person in it.
A. They were all married.R. A housefull a roomfull and could not lift a spoonfull(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret Mary Gilligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Drumdillure, Co. Leitrim