School: Lough Arrow
- Location:
- Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 176
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- (continued from previous page)Why does a man build his cowhouse in the back yard = To keep his cows in it.
How many feet has forthy sheep a sheperd and his dog = Two feet.
Why is the sun like a sixpence = because it is a tanner.
Seven feet, four ears and a tail wagging. A dog eating out of a pot.
- On feast days in Ireland people practise alot of old customs.On Saint Stephen's day it was a custom for the Irish to go around and ask money to bury the wren.This is the peom they used to say.
"The Wren, the wren the King of all birds. Saint Stephen's day was caught in the furze
Up with the kettle and down with the pan give us three half pence to bury the wren.
All silver no brass bad half-pence cannot passOn Saint Patrick's day it is a custom for every person to wear a shamrock in their coats in honour of Saint Patrick.
Saint Patrick was a Saint who brought the true faith to Ireland.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Martin Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
