School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)
- Location:
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 250
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- As black as ink, as white as milk hopping on the road like hailstone?
a Magpie.
As round as a marble, as flat as a pan half a woman and half a man?
A Penny
As round as a marble as deep as a cup the king nor his army can't take it up.
A Well.
Black and white and redd all over?
Newspaper.
Where was Moses when the lights went out?
In the dark.
I went up the "bóithrín", I came down the "bóithrín" and carried it on my back?
A Ladder.
Twenty six (sick) sheep went out a gap one died how (l) many came back?
Nineteen.
What part of a cow goes out the gate first?
Her breath.
Twenty sheep went out a gate, twenty(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Darragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Morgan Mc Inerney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
