School: Droichead an Chláir (B.). Clarecastle
- Location:
- Clarecastle, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Háinlighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 330
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- As I looked out my grand-fathers window I saw the dead carrying the live? A train.
As I went out a slippery gap I met a man with a red cap a stone in his stomach a stick in his back what was the man with the red cap? a haw. What part of a cow comes out a gap first? Her breath. A little white and round house and it is full of meat. It has no door nor windows to let me in to eat? An egg. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one died how many came back? Nineteen. What grows bigger the more you take from it? A hole. What is smaller than a wrens nest? The wren Jenny with the white petticoat the longer she stands the shorter she grows? A candle. Jenny inside the wall Jenney outside the wall you touch Jenny she will bite you? A nettle. Over gravel I do travel on firm boards I do stand I made a mare that never foaled and held the bridle in my hand? A ship. Why does a hen pick a pot? Because(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Roughan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Creggaunnahilla, Co. Clare
