School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

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

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 282

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If a man had ten sons, and each son had a sister, how many children would he have?
(Eleven)
Have you ever seen a deer with horns?
(No with your eyes you have seen him)
If a man got sixpence for walking a mile what would he get for walking thirty miles?
(Sore feet)
Why is a shoe maker like a dying man?
(Because he lays down “awl,” he nears his end, and prepares the sole for the last.)
If I lost a shilling and suddenly found it what would I do?
(Give up looking for it)
What flies with four wings? (Two birds)


Collected by: - Máirtín Ó Grádaigh, Nooan.
Told by: - (Miss) Mary Kate O Grady, Nooan, (his aunt.)
(60 years)

Brown am I and well admired and many a horse I have tired. I tire a horse, I worry a man, riddle me that if you can.
(A saddle)
The man that made it never wore it, and the man that wore it never saw it? (A coffin)


Collected by: - Áine Nigh Mhathúna, Ballycashen,
Told by: - Patrick Mc Mahon Ballycashen,(her father.)
(58 years)

Collector
Áine Nic Mhathúna
Gender
female
Address
Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
Informant
Patrick Mac Mahon
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
58
Address
Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
Language
English