School: Anach (roll number 13630)
- Location:
- Annagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhanáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 443
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- "How many sides has a cup?" "Two sides inside and outside".
"What side of the mug is the handle?"
"On the outside".
"What four letters make a thief run?"
"O ICU."
"As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a women and the other side a man?"
"A penny."
"What is it that has three feet and never walks?"
"A yard of cloth."
"Round the wood and round the wood and their heads down?"
"Nails in a mans boot."
"As normal as an apple as deep as a cup and all the man in Derry would not lift it up?"
"A well."
"Round the house and round the house and lies at the back door?"
"A broom."
"So I went out in yonder gap, I met my Uncle Teddy, I cut off his head, and drank his blood and left him lying easy?"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maire Dunne
- Gender
- Female
