School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)
- Location:
- An Mhainistir, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0281
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The wheels of a motor car.
6. Long and narrow thin and tall many a man it caused to fall.
A gun.
7. There he sits upon a tree, a little soldier in red, a pellet inside his stomach put and a helmet on his head.
A haw.
8. Why are tall people more lazy than short ones.
Because they are longer in bed.
9. If a chicken could talk why would it always swear.
It would only use "fowl language".
10. What horse never bites.
A clothes horse.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Neil Conroy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Ghabhann, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Patrick Conroy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Ghabhann, Co. na Gaillimhe
