School: Castlecary
- Location:
- Ballyrattan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary S.J. Donaghy
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 6
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- 1.
Two legs sitting on three legs, in comes four legs, and picks up one leg. Up jumps two legs, picks up three legs, throws at four legs and comes in with one leg.
Answer:-
A man sitting on a three-legged stool in a butcher's shop. In comes a dog, and picks up a leg of mutton. The man jumps to his feet, and throws the stool at the dog, and he gets his leg of mutton. 2,
As I went up a corny hill,
Corny hill was cracking,
Four and twenty wee things
Stood dancing all naked
The hindmost,
The foremost,
They were all stone blend.
Answer:-
Harrows.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Arthur Peoples
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecary, Co. Donegal
