School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

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

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 285

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his back you may guess for ever but you could not guess that
(A haw)


Collected by: - Seóirse Riain Crossard
Told by: - George Ryan (senior) Crossard.
(55 years)

Why is a grasshopper like a jumper?
(Because they are both jumpers.)

If you broke one of the ten commandments what would happen?
(There would be nine left.)
What walks with its head down?
(A nail in your boot.)
I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it,
and all the men in Clare couldn’t count all the windows in it?
(A thimble.)
Collected by: - Tomás Ó Fógartaigh, Poundtown.
Told by: - Thomas Fogarty (senior) Poundtown.
(55 years)

Collector
Tomás Ó Fógartaigh
Gender
male
Address
Coad, Co. Clare
Informant
Thomas Fogarty
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
55
Address
Coad, Co. Clare
Language
English