School: Ceann Mhálainne
- Location:
- Ardmalin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 320
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- (continued from previous page)The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it.
Answer. A coffinOn green gravel I did travel on black oak I did stand. I rode the mare that was foaled and held the halter in my hand.
Answer. A shipAs I was going to St. Ives I met seven tinkers wives every wife had seven sacks and in every sack there were seven cats. Between tinkers, wives, sacks and cats, how many were going to St. Ives.
Answer. One myselfWhy does a dog go round and round before he lies down.
Answer. Because he does not know which side of the bed is the head of it
- 1. What turns but never moves.
Answer. Milk turns in the taste2. At the back of the chest my grandfather was found, two hundred great coats wrapped him tightly round.
Answer. A head of cabbage3. What is small and when there is a piece cut off it, it is made larger.
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