School: Beith Mhór (Beaghmore) (roll number 1209)
- Location:
- Beagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 349
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- (continued from previous page)Q- Ar round as an apple, as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry could not lift it up?
A- A Well.
Q- What goes round the house, and leaves a loaf in every window?
A- The snow
Q- A busy father, a lazy mother and twelve black children?
A- The clock
Q- What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
A- The crook
Q-What part of a cow goes into the wood first?
A- Her breath
Q- Why is Ireland like a bottle?
A- Because there is a cork in the end of it.
Q- Shell broken down ditches in three letters?
A - A gap
Q What goes round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
A- The Broom.
Q- What goes up into the air, and down, wear shoes and has none?
A- A football
Q- What has teeth and cannot eat?
A- A comb
Q- What goes up the ladder with its head down?
A- A nail in a mans shoe(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Masterson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornaferst, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Terence Masterson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Cornaferst, Co. Leitrim
