School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)
- Location:
- Maigh Coillí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teachers: P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 009
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- (continued from previous page)mouth open. Coonan had his gun loaded and was going to let it off; but his hair stood on end and he did not fire at all. Then the dog and the man disappeared.
- Riddles.
Two dead men got up to fight; two blind men looked on; two cripples ran for the police. Two dummies shouted hurry on! What is it? A lie.
How many feet have forty sheep, a dog and a shepherd? Two.
A kitchen full, a roomful and couldn't catch a spoonful? Smoke.
The man who made it did not want it. The man who bought it did not use it. The man who used it did not see it. What was it? A coffin.
Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. A cake in an oven.
Spell enemy in three letters: n.m.e.
A lazy face; a hardworking father; twelve children, all one colour. A clock.
What is the first thing, a boy does when he falls into the water? Gets wet.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Yvonne Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maigh Coillí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Thomas Coonan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Maigh Coillí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
