School: Dernakesh (B)
- Location:
- Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)A A cow
Q I have a red at home and she lies by the wall; give her hay, give her straw, and she will eat up all; give her wind and she will fly, and give her water and she will die?
A The fire
Q What sounds in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound?
A A fiddle.
- Q Why does a cow look over the ditch?
A Because she cannot look under it
Q Why does a cow cross the road.?
A To get to the other side.
Q When I was young they me cut, between two clays they did me put, for nine long months they left me there, and when they got me in my skin, they found a hole to put me in?
A An potatoe(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brian Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill an Tí, Co. an Chabháin
