School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)
- Location:
- Glencar, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Mag Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 200
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- (continued from previous page)A. Behind it
Q. Where was Moses when the light went out?
A. In the dark.
Q. How many hairs in a dogs tail?
A. None. Because they are all on the outside
Q. What goes into the shop and cannot be sold, what goes into the mill and cannot be ground, and what goes into the sea and cannot be drowned?
A. Sunlight
Q. What is the first thing a person does when they goes into bed?
A. Spoil the bed clothes
Q. What stands outside of the wood and eats in the heart of it?
A. A cow eating out of a tub
Q. What goes up the ladder with its head down?
A. A nail in a man's boot
Q. The longer she lives the shorter she grows
A. A bandle
Q. What do we make long by cutting the two ends of it?
A. A drain
Q. What part of a cow goes out on a gap first?
A. Her breath
Q. Why is a horse never hungry?
A. Because he has always a bit in his mouth(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Mary Gilligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Gilligan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
