School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
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- (continued from previous page)3. A priest and his sister, a parson and his wife went for a walk and they came to a nest that had three eggs in it and each had an egg
(The Priests sister was the parsons wife)
4. What's full and holds more - A pot of potatoes when water is poured in
5. As I went up Tarry hill, tarry hill was shaking and all the men in Tarry hill were gathered in an acre - A man sowing oats
6. Chip, Chip, Cherry, All the men in Derry
Wouldn't climb up, Chip, Chip, Cherry - Smoke.
7. A cartload of people went over a bridge
And there wasn't a single one on it - they were all married
8. Useful, useless instrument, always bought but never lent. The man who owns it doesn't know it the man that knows it doesn't own it - A coffin - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Christina Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbeg East, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Francis Mc Donagh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56