School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gailinne, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 133
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- (continued from previous page)(11) Why is the heart of a tree like a dogs tail
Because it is farthest from the bark
(12) Twenty sheep upon a gap twenty more behind, ten, eleven, six, seven, three and two how many is that:
Five
(13) Ass, cart and harness spell all with three letters
A-l-l
(14) Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a k
T-h-a-t
(15) What kind of stones would you find in a river
Wet ones
- (1) What makes its blanket all day and sleeps in it at night(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Anne Fogarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cnogús Buí, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Informant
- John Fogarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnogús Buí, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
