School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs. Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 135
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- Why does a hen pick a pot,
(Because she cannot lick it.)
Why does a cow look over a ditch,
(Because she cannot look under it.)
I have a little house a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in Ireland would not count all the holes in it,
(a thimble)
It opens like a barn door,
It shuts like a trap,
A many a thing you would think of before, you would think of that
(an umbrella)
I went out through slippery gap,
My uncle James I spied him,
I whipped of his head,
And left his body in the place I desired him. (A head of cabbage.)
As I went up a boreen,
I met my Aunt Noreen,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Norah Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- James Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon
