School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Crois na Rae, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- 42 As I was running a thing I found and then to find it I searched all. If I found it I would throw it away and as I did not find it I kept it all day.
A thorn in my foot.
43 As I went out a slippery slippery gap I met my uncle Jadie, he had an iron nose and timber toes. And upon my word he would frighten the crows.
A gun.
44 I had a little cow and she sits by the wall , she drinks all she gets and eats none at all.
A lamp. - 45 How many sides to a pot.?
The outside and the inside
46 Three legs can't walk, two ears can't hear, big mouth can't talk.
A pot
47 Why does a cow cross the road?
To get to the other side.
48 A white woman and she eating herself.?
A candle
49 It is not inside nor is it not outside but it is under the roof of the house.
A window.- Collector
- Masie Quigley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barr na dTuaimíní, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Michael Meckey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seanbhaile Éamainn, Co. Thiobraid Árann