School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)A. A tree sheds its leaves, and an aeroplane leaves its shed.
Q. There was a man who rode through our town grey grizzle was his name, and that was three times named his name, what is his name.
A. Was.
Q. What part of the cow goes first.
A. her breath.
Q. As I was going to the fair of Canoise I met nine tinkers and their wives each wife had a cat and each cat had a kitten, how many tinkers and kittens were going to the fair of Canoise.
A. None, I was going.
Q. What part of a cow goes last.
A. Her track.
Q. What is that never was or never will be.
A. A cats nest in a mouse's ear.
Q. Jenny inside the wall, Jenny outside the wall, if you touch her she will bite you.
A. A nettle.
Q. I went up the boreen, I came down the boreen, and brought the boreen in my back.
A. A ladder.
Q. She is white, she is black and hops on the road like hailstones.
A. A magpie.
