School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)
- Location:
- Forgney, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mrs B. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 410
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- Two men, going across the water,
Sez the man to the man,
"Call the dog after,"
Sex the man to the man
"What shall I call him?"
Sez the man to the man
"That's three times I have named him."
Answer:
Dog's name _ "Sez".It took three acres of meadow, to tether my ass.
How long would the rope be in grazing all round.
It neither grazed under or over, three acres of ground.
Answer:
A rope could not graze.As I looked, across the wall.
I heard an old man giving a call.
Head of a flesh, mouth of a horn,
Such an old man, never was born.
Answer.
A Cock crowing.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Irene B. Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
