School: Ballyharry (roll number 11235)
- Location:
- Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Bríde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 477
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- (continued from previous page)there to see the fun.
Ans. = A thorn jag in your foot.
8) As I went up Derry street I met my Auntie Ann. I cut off her head and made her body stand.
Ans. = a bottle of porter
9) Black and white went up a hill. White stayed up and black came down
Ans. = A hen laying an egg.
10) What goes round the house and lays an egg in every hole
Ans. = a shower of hailstones
11) What goes round the house and carries a harrow after it
Ans. = A hen and her chickens
12) A head without hair, teeth without lips, a long tail without hips.
Ans. = a rake
13) Twenty four white bulls tied to a stake, round comes the red bull and gives them all a shake
Ans. = teeth and tongue
14) What is the bonniest thing at a fair
Ans. = A barrel of herring(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sorcha Nic Canna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Daniel Mc Cann
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
