School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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- Q. A humpy backed father,
a hallowed bellied mother,
a three ugly children.
A. A pot
Q. Four stick standers four lilly elders.
two lookers, two crookers, and a wind about.
A. A cow
Q. There is a sow in yonder valley the more she eats the more she cries, the less she eats the less she cried.
A. A mill
Q. How do you get down off an ass.
A. There is no down on him.
Q. Which part of a cow crosses the hedge first
A. Her breath.
Q. Why does a hen pick a pot.
A. Because she cannot lick it.
Q. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses would not pull it up.
A. A draw well
Q. What goes round and round the wood and never enters the wood.
A. The bark of a tree.
Q. Hairy all over rough in the skin two things wagging and one going in.
A. A pig eating her food.- Collector
- Brigid Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballycommon, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mary Egan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballycommon, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Thomas Egan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballycommon, Co. Offaly