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)

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)

Collector
Mícheál Ó Níalláin
Gender
male
Address
Inchiquin, Co. Clare
Informant
Anthony Neylon
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
52
Address
Inchiquin, Co. Clare
Language
English