School: Ferbane (B.)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 145
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- Two legs sat on three legs, with one leg.
In comes four legs, took one leg from two legs.
Up jumps two legs, pegs three legs at four legs and makes four legs bring back one leg?
A man sitting on a three - legged stool with a leg of mutton; a dog comes in and takes the leg of mutton; the man jumps up and throws the stool at the dog and makes the dog bring back the leg of mutton.
Goes into the room with two legs and comes out with six?
A man bringing a chair out of a room.
A nice little round house.
And it is full of meat.
But has no doors or windows.
To let me in to eat?
An egg.
How many cows' tails would reach the moon?
One, if it were long enough.
If I build a wall from here to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Kieran Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
