School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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- (continued from previous page)(54) As I went up a boreen I carried the boreen on my back. Ans. A ladder
(55) What is in all day and out all night
Ans. The latch of a door
(56) It seldom comes and you hate to see it
Ans. a hearse
(57) As I went up the gap I met a fellow with a red cap. He was more afraid of a cock and a hen than he was of all the king's horses and men. Ans. A Worm
(58) As I went in and out a gap I met a little red man with a red cap a stick in his hand and a stone in his belly
Ans. A haw
(59) What has four legs and one foot? Ans A bed.
(60) What has (one) one eye but cannot see with it. Ans An needle
(61) A leaper of ditches a cropper of thorns, a little brown cow with a pair of leather horns
Ans A rabbit
(62) It is deep and damp and it's green around the bank and it's fit for lord or lady.
Ans A grave
(63) Chip Chop Cherry all the men in Londonderry couldnt lift up chip chop cherry
Ans. smoke(continues on next page)
