School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)
- Location:
- Mullennakill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 005
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- 1. What always walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.2. One half in, the other half out, and tail wagging?
A dog with his head in a pot.3. As I went up to a slippery gap
I met my Auntie Mary,
I cut off her head
And let her body go easy.
A head of cabbage.4. I met a man with a red cap,
Brass toes and silvery nose,
And pon my word he would frighten the crows.
A gun.5. Riddle me riddle me rantie-roe,
My father gave me seed to sow,
The seed was black and the ground was white,
Riddle me that again Saturday night.
Paper and Ink.6. What goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters?
A man carrying water.7. A dog and a bitch went over the ditch, which was the bitche's name?
Which (Witch.)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Lawless
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballykenna, Co. Kilkenny
