School: Leaba Síoda
- Location:
- Labasheeda, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cruadhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 425
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- Q. What is it that God never sees, the king seldom sees and we see everyday.
A. His own equal.
Q. Two sisters one day born rosy and dewy as the morn. True is a sailor to his lass yet words between them often pass. They part at morn but then at night they meet again and all is right. Whatever they in imps discover they are contented with one lover.
A. Your lips.
Q. If you went up on a house what would you fall down against.
A. Your will.
Q. Why is a kind hearted man like a horse.
A. Because he stops at the sound of woe.
Q. As I went up a chapel steeple, I met three christian people, they were neither men, women or children and yet they were christian people.
A. A man, woman and child.(continues on next page)
