School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

Location:
Urbal, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Gerald Kelliher
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  1. At dances in low houses, they would sometimes let a goat fall down the chimney.
    Very often, when an old man lived by himself, the chimney of his house was stuffed with a bag of hay.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Francis Earley
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Eden, Co. Leitrim
  2. 1. There's a goose in yonder meadow
    She's of a gosling size
    Anyone that buys her
    Has need to be wise
    She has feet in her belly
    And walks upon none
    She goes far from her dwelling
    And seldom come home
    A Ship
    2. Why is a loaf on the spire of church companed with a race horse
    Because it is high bred (bread)
    3. It's cut in the wood
    It sounds in the town
    It earns its master many a crown
    A Fiddle
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.