School: Cúl Seachtaine
- Location:
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Caitln Nic Dhonnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)and its head down?
A. A nail in a boot.
R. What is that you search for and hope you will not find?
A. A hole in a stocking.
R. Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me "that" without a "K"?
A. "That."
R. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire?
A. A cake in an overn.
R. What is it that always hangs over the bog?
A. The crane over a turf fire.
R. Through the wood and leaves a rag on every bush?
A. The dew.
R. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
A. Because she can't look under it.
R. Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more after that a shepherd and his dog how many feet was that?
A. Two feet.
R. I went into a field of wheat. I picked up something. It was neither fish, flesh, nor(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathellen Gavigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Joseph Gavigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
