School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- (continued from previous page)102 A leaper over ditches, a bater over thorns , a brown little cow with leather horns.
A hare.
103 Why is a mouse compared to a turnip ?
Because the cat'll eat it.
104 It's no use to the train and the train cannot go without it.
Noise.
105 As I went up the street I met a little tailor , I picked him up and put him in my pocket for fear the ducks would eat him. He began to tickle and I began to beat him. I threw him on the street and called the ducks to eat him.
A worm
- hand and a stone in his belly, riddle me that and i'll give you a penny.
A haw.
99 What has teeth and cannot eat?
A comb. - Collector
- Tessie Quigley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muingacree, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Philip Quigley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muingacree, Co. Limerick
- 100 It has four fingers and a thumb but it cannot catch anything.
A glove.
101 What man in the world wears the biggest hat?
the man with the biggest head(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Quigley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanballyedmond, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Daniel Mackey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanballyedmond, Co. Tipperary
