School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 281

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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)

Collector
Seán Pelcington
Gender
male
Address
Leamaneh South, Co. Clare
Informant
George Pelcington
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
55
Address
Leamaneh South, Co. Clare
Language
English

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)