School: Tigh Molaga (2)
- Location:
- Timoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eileen Beamish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 139
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- 1. Long legs, crooked thighs, big head and no eyes. A tongs.
2. Round as a marble, deep as a cup, all the water could not fill it up. A Strainer.
3. Little Nancy [?] in a white pet-i-coat, and a red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows. A Candle.
4. Black & white & read (red) all over. A Newspaper.
5. What weight is the moon? four quarters.
6. Elizabeth, Bessie, Betty & Bess went over the water to seek a bird's nest. They found one with four eggs in it. They took one each. How many were left. 3 Left.
7. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it. A Coffin.
8. Why is a plum pudding round? It has to go round.
9. Long legged father, big belly mother, 3 little children all the same size. A Pot.
10. What stands with its head on its leg? A Cabbage.
11. Patch upon patch & never a stitch. A Cabbage.
12. What goes to Dublin without stopping? The road.
13. What goes into a house without stopping? A watch in a man's pocket.
14. Six tea (sixty) cups upon a shelf, one fell off, how many left? Five.
15. How many feet have 40 sheep, a shepherd, and his dog? Two.
16. Why is marriage a failure? Because the bride does not marry the best man.(continues on next page)
