As I went out a slippery gap I saw my uncle Tady he had steel toes and an iron nose and surely he would frighten the crows. (A gun) When a cow is going up a hill what goes up first? (Her breath) Why is a dog’s tail like the middle of a tree (Because it is the farthest away from the bark) From what animal’s mouth does a tale come? (A man’s) As black as soot and as round as a ball (A blackberry)
Collected by: – Sean Pelcington. Lemeneigh. Told by :– George Pelcington. Lemeneigh, (his father) (55 years)
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A wee, wee pony gay and slim a long white flowing tail on him and many a man with brassy hood is driving him a through the wood? (A needle, thread, and thimble) If it took a yard of cloth to make a waist-coat what would it take to make a trousers? (A tailor)
Collected by: - Mícheal Ó Nialláin, Inchiquin Told by: - Anthony Neylon, Inchiquin, (his father) (52 years)
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