School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 007
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- (continued from previous page)Q. I was on the road and came down the road and they took the road on my back.
A. A ladder.Q. It is in the meadows, it is not in the fields, it is in the mountains, it is not in the glens, it is in the moorlands, it is not in the bogs. What is it?
A. "M"Q. Londonderry, look and Kerry, spell me that without a "k".
A. That.Q. As I was going to Lonfon,
I saw a great wonder,
Twenty five wild cats,
Scraping the ground asunder.
A. A harrow.Q. A hundred sheep went out the gap, a hundred more followed that, then came the shepherd and his dog, how may feel went out the gap?
A. Two.Q. As round as an apple,
As deep as a cup,
All the men in Derry,
Would not lift it up.
A. A well.Q. Lanky legs, crooked thighs, doing its(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Irwin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Billa, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Thomas Irwin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Billa, Co. Sligo
