School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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- (continued from previous page)58. What is it that goes from house to house and sleeps out at night?
A path. 59. There is a little round and white house, and it is full of meat but there is neither doors nor windows to let you into eat?
An egg. - 60. In comes two legs,
Sits on three legs,
Down drops one leg and sits on that,
In comes four legs,
Snaps off one leg,
Up gets two legs,
Knocks four legs down and takes one leg back.
A man comes in and sits on a three legged stool, a leg of ham dropped on his knee, a dog came in and snaped the ham, the man got up, he knocked(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Reilly
- Gender
- Female