School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Doirín an Lomáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 019
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- (continued from previous page)middle and hard all round?
Ans., A bed.Why does the cow look over the ditch?
Ans., Because she couldn't look under it.As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the hill oe'r steeple and all?
Ans., The sun. - The man that made it never wore it,
and the man that wore it never saw it?
Ans., A coffin.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doirín an Lomáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- John Coughlan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Doirín an Lomáin, Co. Chorcaí