School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:
Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0155

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    if you go near Kitty she will bite you.
    A nettle.
    10. When is it right to lie down.
    When you are in bed.
    11. As I went up the puddley gap I met my uncle David I cut his head off and drank his blood and left his body easy.
    A head of cabbage.
    12. Twenty sheep went out a gap; twenty more after that the shepherd and his dog; how many feet went out the gap.
    Two feet.
    14. What is the oldest tree in the forest
    The elder.
    15. As I went up the guttery gap I met my sister Nodie; she had iron nose and silver toes and you would think she would frighten the crows.
    A gun.
    16. I am seen in the schools; I am red blue and black I am no good for working only when I am wet.
    A pen
    17. Flies high, flies low, wears boots and has none.
    A football.
    18. What is a door mat to a door.
    A step Father.
    19 In the rock, not in the stone; in the marrow
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