School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 516
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- (continued from previous page)legs, knocks down four legs and takes up one leg. A. - A dog came in and took a leg of mutton, a man hit him with a three legged stool and took the leg of mutton from him.
R. - Two dead men fighting, two blind men looking on, two cripples running for the police and two dummies shouting hurry on. A. - A lie.
R. - As I looked in on my grandfathers window I saw the dead burying the live.
A. - A man raking a fire.
R. - How many feet has forty sheep a shepherd and his dog. A. - Two.
R. - Forty sheep went out on a gap forty more went after that, six seven, ten eleven, three and two how many is that.
A. - Five.
R. - What is it that is too small and take a bite of it and it will be big enough. A. - A grave.
R. - What is the difference between a cat and a comma. A. - A cat has its claws at the end of its paws, and a comma is a pause at the end of a clause.
R. - What is better in an accident(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maire Mc Garry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bryanmore Lower, Co. Westmeath
