School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 14_016
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A man with sods on his head
13 What's full and holds more
A pot of potatoes when you pour water in.
14. One half dead, the other half living and a tail wagging.
A dog with its head in a pot
15. As round as an apple as flat as a pan, a man on one side and a woman on the other.
A penny.
16. As I went up the guttery gap I met my uncle Davy, I cut off his head and drank his blood and left him lying easy.
A bottle of whiskey.
17 As I went up the guttery gap I met a woman with a hundred petticoats
A head of cabbage(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lena Keville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
