School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)
- Location:
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 252
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- (continued from previous page)a man without a hat, he had iron toes a silver nose and upon my word he would frighten the crows?
A gun.
Four stick standards, two belly binders two hookers, two crookers, and a twist about?
A Cow
As I went out a slippery gap I met my uncle Davy. I took off his head and left his body easy?
A head of cabbage.
Four bottles at the bottom of the hill turned down and cannot spill?
Four teats of a cow.
What animal walks on four feet in the morning two at midday and three in the evening.
Man, because he goes on hands and feet as a child, two feet as a young and with a staff in old age
How many calves tales would it take to reach the moon?
One, if it was long enough.
Why is a christmas pudding like a swift(ly) running river?(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Darragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Morgan Mc Inerney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
