School: Páirc an Iarla (roll number 9303)
- Location:
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Ceit
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0272, Page 055
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- (continued from previous page)Q. Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more after that six, seven, ten, eleven, three and two, How many is that?
A. Five.
Q. Round the wood, round the wood naked dear boy which of ye will take it?
A. A woman churning.
Q. As round as an apple, as deep as a pail, it never cries out until it is caught by the tail.
A. A bell.
Q. There were three people going along the road in a motor car, two black men and a white man, and the two black men ate the white man, what was the number of the car?
A. Two eight one.
Q. Round the house all day, behind the door at night.
A. Broom.
Q. What is it always walks with its head down?
A. A nail in your boot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Patrick Joseph Killeen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathpeak, Co. Roscommon
