School: Cill Rónáin
- Location:
- Keadew, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Eochaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 326
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- 1. I have an old cow behind the wall she would eat all the hay from here to Donegal.
Ans. a fire.
2. Ink ank under bank ten drawing four.
Ans. a woman milking.
3. Around the house and around the house and pulling its puddens after it.
Ans. a hen and chicks.
4. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire.
Ans. a cake in a oven.
5. How many sides has a gallon.
Ans. inside and outside.
6. What part of the cat's tail is the furriest.
Ans. the outside.
7. What talks and can't walk.
Ans. gramophone.
8. As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man.
Ans. a penny.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James G. Finneran
- Gender
- Male
