School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Cill Mhuire, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)Q. What is it that is always stirring and it never stirs out of its place.
A. A pig tail.
Q. Black I am though much admired.
Both men and horses I have tired.
They broke my back and bruised my face.
And took me from my burial place.
A. Turf.
Q. I had a little bit of timber.
Not as big as my finger.
It made a rock and a reel.
And a new spinning wheel.
And a child's cradle and there was some of it over.
A. A little pencil.
Q. Why is it a hen goes across the road.
A. Because she cannot go under it.
- Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch.
A. Because she cannot look under it.
Q. What is the difference between a school master and a postage stamp.
A. One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick. - Collector
- W. Coyne
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Joseph Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Doire Uí Ghruagáin Mór, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
