School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

Location:
Droichead na hEislinne, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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    Q:- As round as an apple, as sharp as a lance, if you were on top of it would bring you to France
    Ans:- The Moon.
    Q. What is it that is cut on the table and never eaten
    Ans:- A pack of cards.
    Q:- Through the wood, through the wood, and their heads down
    Ans- Nails in a mans boot.
    Q. Through the wood, and through the wood and never touches the wood
    Ans = A knife in a mans pocket.
    Q:- As round as an apple, as deep as a cup All the men in Londonderry wouldn't lift it up
    Ans = A well.
    Q - As I sat on my hunkers, I peeked through my winkers, I saw the dead covering the live.
    Ans = Covering the fire at night
    Q:- A leap of the ditches, a creap of the thorns, a little brown cow with a pair of leather horns.
    Ans = A hare.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pilib Mac Aonghusa
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Maothail, Co. Liatroma
    Informant
    Mr John Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Eochaill, Co. Liatroma