School: Cill Ábhaill
- Location:
- Killavil, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Conláin
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- Q. I have a little horse and he is tied to the wall and he would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal?
A. A fire.Q. Black and white and read all over?
A.A newspaperQ. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry wouldn't lift it up?
A. A well.Q. Long thin belly and its puddings outside the skin?
A. A fiddleQ. Round the house & round the house and never touches the house?
A. A pathQ. A man gets sixpence for walking a mile. What would he get for walking thirty miles?
A. Sore feetCollected by: Joseph Horan
Killaville- Collector
- Joseph Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killavil, Co. Sligo