School: An Ghráinseach
- Location:
- Gransha More, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Nic Uaid
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- (continued from previous page)Uncle Day I took off his cap and sucked his blood and left his body easy
A bottle of whiskey.
10 As I went over yonder hill I met my Uncle Dairy.
With timber toes and iron nose, upon my word he'd scare the crows.
A gun.
11 As I went over yonder wall, I heard a red man give a call his head was flesh, his mouth was bone and such a man was never born
A Rooster.
Sara Jones.
Aghafin Roslea.
12 Patches upon patches without any stitches,
Riddle me that and I'll buy you a pair of breeches. Answer A cabbage
13 What is the shyest thing in the world?
Answer A clock because it keeps its hands over its face.
14 Why is the back of a clock lazy
Answer. Because it is always behind time.
15 A wee lazy mother and a long black father twelve little children as black as ... [slur]
Answer A Clock.
Gerald McCoey, Mullinacloy
- Collector
- Gerald Mc Coey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullanacloy, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Sara Jones
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghafin, Co. Monaghan
