School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)
- Location:
- Coiscéim na Caillí Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 102
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- (continued from previous page)I have a litle house a mouse could not live in it and all the men in the town could not count what windows are in it.
A thimble.
It is as round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the King's army could not take it up.
A pump.
Hairy in and hairy out and hairy in to hairy's mouth.?
A cat eating a mouse
It is on you it is upon you it is no weight on you and still it is a part of your frame.
Your name.
Why does a hen peg a pot?
Because she could not lick it.
As I went up a slippery gap I met a boy with a bundle of rods. I asked him to count them and he said there was no one to count them but God.
The hairs of your head.
On which side of a donkey is the most hair?
on the outside.
Why does a hen pick the pot?
She can't lick it.
What is half the moon like?
The other half.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tim J. Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coiscéim na Caillí Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs J. Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Coiscéim na Caillí Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
