School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 320
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- Come tell me ladies if you can, who is this highly favoured man. Although he has married many a wife, he still lives single all his life.
A priest.
I have no head, a tail I lack,
But often times, arms, legs and back.
I visit the palace, the tavern, and the cot,
'Tis a beggarly residence where I am not.
And if the monarch was there, I'll tell you no fable
I still would be placed at the head of the table.
A chair.
Little red Nancy sitting in the corner, she eats all she gets, but she drinks none at all.
A fire.
Twenty feet went out a gap,
Twenty more followed that.
Then came the farmer and his dog,
How many legs went out the gap.
Two (the farmer's).(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Morely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
