School: An Cheapach, Askeaton
- Location:
- Cappagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Henry Mulligan
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- It is inside the house, and outside the house, yet it never touches the house.
The sun shining.
What turns without moving.
Milk.
What are the three hardest things, for a man to do.
To get a towel, to wipe the face of the earth, a boot to fit the foot of the mountain, and a sheet to cover the bed of the river.
It is in your hand and you can see, what ever was, or what never will be.
None of your fingers were never the same size, or never will be.
It opens like a barn door, shuts like a trap. You may guess the forty things, but you won't guess what.
Your mouth.
What is it, that has three feet, and no(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Cregan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinvirick, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Thomas Cregan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinvirick, Co. Limerick
