School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)
- Location:
- Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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- A useful, useless [?], instrument. The man who wants it does not know, it, and the man who knows it does not want it. Answer a coffin.
What part of one goes into bed first? Answer a breath.
Long legged father, big bellied mother, and three little children like each other. Answer a pot.
Twenty four white cows landing in a byre, in comes a red bull, and licks, them all over. Answer. One's red tongue licking their teeth.
Full of sticks, full of stones, full of dead mens bones. Answer a grave yard.
Black, and white and read all over. Answer a newspaper.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Robert A. Manson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortnacorkoge, Co. Leitrim