School: Clochar na Trócaire, Sligeach
- Location:
- Sligo, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSiúir Aibhistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 332
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Make the coat and vest first.
"What has two eyes and cannot see, four legs and cannot walk and cannot jump as high as Nelson's Pillar?"
A dead donkey because Nelson's Pillar cannot jump atall.
"Londonderry, Cork and Kerry how many R's in 'That'?
There is no R in "That".
"What part of the horse goes into the stable first?"
His breath.
"As I went over yonder hill I met a little thing, it was neither fish, flesh body or bones and I kept it till it walked its lone?"
An egg; because the chicken came out of the egg.
"As I went over a high wall,
I heard a man let a loud call,
His beak was flesh, his mouth horn,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Harkin
- Gender
- Female
