School: Errill, Ballybrophy (roll number 928)
- Location:
- Errill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)A: A thimble.
Q What is it wears boots and still has no feet?
A: A footfall.
Q: Black I am and much admired, Men work at me till they are tired. They cut my head and shave my face.And draw me from my native place.
A: Turf.
Q: I found it in a field of wheat. It has neither fish,flesh, or bones. And I brought it home till it walked alone.
A: An egg hatched out (of Chicken)
Q: It grew in the wood with green leaves on it, It grazed the field with hair on it, And walked on the road with alive bones.
A: A pair of clogs.
Q: What is always behind time?
A: The back of a clock.
Q Why is a clock ashamed of itself.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Domhnall Ó Banáin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Errill, Co. Laois
