School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta
- Location:
- An tSraith, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gormáin
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- Four lily - landers, four stick - standers,
Two hoopers, two croopers, and a whip - -about?
A cow.
Between the Kitchen and the hall,
I heard a famous call,
A head of beef and a mouth of horns,
Such a thing was never born?
A cock crowing.
On firm board I do stand,
I rode a mare that never foaled,
And carried the bridle in my hand?
A ship sailing away.
How would you divide a three-quarter cake between the fiddler and his wife, the piper and his mother? The fiddler's wife was the piper's mother.
Tá an láir bhán sa loch,
Agus ní fhliuchann sí a cos.~
An ghealach.
There it is in a corner and a hundred eyes in it? A pot of soup.
Timber toes, an iron nose,
And upon my word 'twould frighten the crows?
A gun.
By adding to it it will get small,
By taking from it it will get big?
A grave(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Coileáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An tSraith, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Mártan Ó Coileáin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Address
- An tSraith, Co. an Chláir
