School: Gleanntán
- Location:
- An Gleanntán, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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- (continued from previous page)get to the hay! Answer. The rope was not tied to anything.
- 9. As I went up a boreen I met a
thing with five fingers in it t'wasn't
stick nor stone nor flesh nor bone
what was it?
Answer: A glove10.When is a black dog not a black
dog?
Answer: When he is a
greyhound.11.What is it that stands on one leg
and has a swelled head?
Answer: A head of cabbage.12. What part of a cow comes over
the ditch first?
Answer: Her breadth.- Collector
- Esther Mac Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cathair Laga, Co. Chorcaí