School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- Ques. In comes Two Legs and One Leg under his arm; leaves down One Leg on Three Legs. In comes Four Legs, snaps up One Leg. Up jumps Two Legs, whips up Three Legs, knocks down Four Legs and brings back One Leg.
Ans. A man brought in a leg of mutton and left in on a three-legged stool. The dog came in and ran out with the mutton. The man jumped up, took up the three-legged stool and "fired" it at the dog. He (the man) then brought back the leg of mutton.
