School: Kilnaleck (B.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 135
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- (continued from previous page)She has fat in her belly and walks upon none
Away from her dwelling and seldom at home.
A ship.Which of the priests wears the biggest hat?
The priest with the biggest head.What gets larger the more you take from it?
A Hole.There are two pigs in yonder sty, one is wet and the other is dry.
When they get food they roar and cry, and when they get none how quiet they lie.
Two mill wheelsThe man that made it never wore it.
And the man that wore it never saw it.
A Coffin.As I went up the country I saw a terrible wonder.
Four and twenty wild geese tearing the ground asunder.
A man harrowing.(continues on next page)
