School: Crannach, Inis
- Location:
- Cranny, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Maolchaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 079
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- (continued from previous page)Q. As high as a castle and as weak as a rush an dall the men in Clare could not give it a pushy.
A. Smoke.
Q. Around the house and around the house and it never touches the house.
A. A woman that never sweeps the house
Q. As I went up the slippery gap, I met my uncle Davie, I cut off his head and I left his body easy.
A. A head of cabbage.
Q. A lazy old woman, a hard working man, twelve sons and no daughter.
A. A block
Q. Why is the clock a shy little thing.
A. Because it has always its hands on his face.
Q. I walk in my head all day and I sleep in my head all night.
A. A shoe-nail.
Q. What is it, that goes through the wall and never touches the wall.
A. Noise.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Pat Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowreagh West, Co. Clare
