School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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What has a mouth with which it never eats and a bed in which it never sleeps?
Answer: A River.Black am I, much desired.
Men and horses I have tired.
Gold and silver I have made.
And in the dohill now I am laid.
Answer: CoalNeither inside nor outside the house does it lie.
And yet everyday it I surely do sky.
Anwer: A Door or WindowWhat is the shyest thing in the house?
Answer: The clock, because it keeps it's hand on it's face.White fowl fatherless flew away to Paradise.
Sit on a castle wall.
Lord Butler Anliss took him up handless.
Ate him up toothless.
And never let him fall.
Answer: A butterfly and a crow.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenkeel, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Denis Rooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Gordon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs M. Mc Gourty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim