School: Cill Rónáin
- Location:
- Keadew, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Eochaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 327
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- (continued from previous page)9. As I went up a corny hill a corny hill was shaking, and all the birds in corny hill, was gathering in an acre.
Ans. a man winning oats.
10. Well, well, well, how many wells would make a river.
Ans. one if it was big enough.
11. How many balls of twine would it take to reach the sun.
Ans. one if it was long enough.
12. Twenty six white cows tied to a wall, a red one came in, and licked them all.
Ans. your tongue and teeth.
13. As round as an apple as plump as a ball straight in the middle and hair round it all.
Ans. a eye.
14. What flys but when its wings are broken.
Ans. an army(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James G. Finneran
- Gender
- Male
