School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 184
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- (continued from previous page)My neck is long, my belly is thin,
And I carry my ribs outside my skin.
Answer: A Fiddle
What grows in the wood and sounds in the town
And earns its master many a pound?
Answer: A FiddleWhat are the three most impossible things to get in the world?
Answer: A shoe for the foot of a mountain, a Towel for the face of the earth, and a Sheet for the bed of a river.As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
All the men in Derry could not fill it up.
Answer: A WellAs I went up yon "guttery" gap
I met my uncle Davy
I cut off his head and drank his blood
And left him lying easy
Answer: A Bottle of WhiskeyUseful, useless instrument, once bought its never lent
The man that owns it does not know it
The man that buys it does not own it
Answer: A Coffin(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
