School: Tigneatha
- Location:
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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- (continued from previous page)As I went a puddle gap I met my uncle Davy with iron nose and timber toes and upon my word he would frighten the crows. A gun.
If you get up on an ass where would you get down? On a gooses back.
Black and white and read all over. A paper.
Four little bottles on the side of a hill if they were there forever they would never spill. A cow's udder.
What is it that is as light as a feather and yet no man can lift it? His shadow.
How many sticks go to build a crow's nest? None, they are all carried.
How many thorns in an acre of furze? One and all the rest.
- Here I stand and far I see, a blackbird on a holly tree, it would fight the bull it would beat the bear and conquer all the birds in the air. Hunger.
Where did the first potato grow? In the ground.
Why is music so valuabe? It is full of notes.
Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. A cake in the oven.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Chrissie Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Reaghan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Larkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Reaghan, Co. Galway
