School: Gormanstown, Árd Fhíonáin (roll number 5615)
- Location:
- Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Peadar de Mhóiréis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 471
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- What is it that would fill a house and yet you could not catch a fist full.
Answer, A house full of smoke.
As round as a marble as flat as a pan
The half of a woman The whole of a man. Answer, A penny
Head like a timble, tail like a rat.
You may guess for ever but you wont guess that. Answer, A pipe
Patch upon patch without any stitches,
Riddle me that and I will buy you a britches. Answer, A head of cabbage.
As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb over chalel and all.
Answer, the sun.
Ink ank under a bank, ten drawing four. Ans. Woman milking cow.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Coffey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhist, Co. Tipperary
