School: Eaglais
- Location:
- Burren, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S. Ó Mongaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 162
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- (continued from previous page)What is it always walks with its head down
(A nail in your boot)What goes away above the ground and returns under it
(A man with scraws on his head)What goes away between two woods and returns between two waters
(Man fetching water in pails)-y[?] Noddy round body 3 legs and a wooden hat
(A pot)Whats full and holds more
(Pot of potatoes when you pour water in)As[?] round as an apple as plumb as a ball
[?] climb the church over steeple and all
(The sun)When[?] has a man four hands
(When he doubles his fists)Why[?] was Moses the wickedest man in the world?
(Because he broke the ten commandments all at once)I put[?] my feet in a wood in the morning. I walked all day but I was no farther in the wood in the evening than in the morning
(a pair of clogs)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- S. O Mongaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- P. Ó Máille
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- S. Ó Máille
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Sarnaght, Co. Mayo
