School: Munterneese (roll number 13724)
- Location:
- Munterneese, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: John J. Mac Hugh
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- Written down by James O'Neill, Drimgorman, Inver.
14 years. v11 Srd.
from his father. Farmer. 46 years. Resident.
1 How many points does a well pointed "scollop" want?
None.
2 What goes round the wood and round the wood, and cannot get into the wood?
A hoop round a tub.
3 One half dead, and the other half living, and a tail wagging?
A dog with his head in a pot.
4 Patch upon patch without any stitches. Riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of "britches"?
A cabbage.
5 What is full and can hold more?
A pot of potatoes.
6 When is a cow the roundest?
When she is cut up and salted in a tub.
7 Hairy all over and rough in the skin. Two things wagging, and one going in?
A pig hoking.
8 What flies high, and flies low, and eats grass and never mows it?
A goose.
9 What hangs and bears and never blossoms?
A crook. (over a hearth fire).
- Collector
- James O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumgorman, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- O' Neill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Farmer
