School: Tang (roll number 8037)
- Location:
- An Teanga, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Ó Caisil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 498
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- Round the house,round the house and sleeps in the corner at night.
A. A.Twig.
All patches and no stitches.
A. A head of cabbage.
Four stick standers four bellyanders,and a whip about.
A. A cow.
Why does a cow look over a ditch?
A. Because she cant look under it.
Why does a miller wear a white cap?
A. To keep his head warm.
What is the straightest thing to Kerry?
A.The Sky.
The King of England built a ship an in that ship his daughter sat an I will be blamed for telling her name an that’s three times I told her name.
A. An. (Ann)
Captain Cooke made three voyages round the world on which of them did he die.
A. On the last.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eddie Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 10
- Informant
- Mrs Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Teanga, Co. na hIarmhí
