School: Cill Rónáin
- Location:
- Keadew, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Eochaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 333
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- (continued from previous page)never can get into it?
Ans. the bark of a tree.
4. What always walks with its head down?
Ans. nails in your shoes.
5. Through the wood, and through the wood, and never touches the wood?
Ans. a knife in your pocket.
6. Why is a sweet cake like the ocean?
Ans. because there are currants in it.Collected by : Margaret Shivnan.
- When the farmer considers a field suitable for the potato crop. He has to clean off all the rushes and course grass. He then has to take the water off it,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James G. Finneran
- Gender
- Male
