School: Baile an Lóin Tighe (Ballinlonty) (roll number 1579)
- Location:
- Baile an Lóntaigh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Áine Ruiséall
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0550, Page 071
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- (continued from previous page)8 What is the difference between a dead ass and a narrow lane?
there is no breath in a dead ass and there is no breath in a narrow lane.
9.Why does a chicken go across the road?Because she could not go under it.
10.Why does a hen pick the pot?
Because she would not lick it.
11.As I went out a slippery gap I met an old man with timber toes and an iron nose and ups my word he would frighten the crows what is it?
A gum
12. A little thing smaller than a mouse there are more windows in it than in the kings house what is it?A thimble
13.A head like a thimble a tail like a rat you could guess for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc an tSamhraidh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- John Hackett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc an tSamhraidh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
