School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 132
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(6) Why is a girls eyes like a saucepan
Because both have lids
(7) Two legs sitting on three legs with one leg on his lap. Up came four legs and took one leg. Two legs took three legs and took one leg back again?
A boy sitting on a stool with a leg of mutton on his lap. A dog came up and took the leg of mutton. The boy took up the stool and threw it at the dog and got the leg of mutton back again
(8) She titted it and tatted it and the man took off his britches and jumped at it
A woman dressed a bed and a man jumped into it
(9) What goes around the wood and around (th) the wood and never enters it
The bark of a tree
(10) Four legs banging,
Two legs hanging,
Four legs inside a press,
A mare in foal and a man riding her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Doolin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glyn, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs C. Doolin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glyn, Co. Offaly
