School: Ballydurrow
- Location:
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hadarnáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 290
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- 1 I have a little house it would not fit a mouse and there are as many windows on it as the Lord Mayor's house. (A thimble)
2 As I went out on yonder gap I met a hurdy-burdy beast. It had nine tops, nine tails and ninety nine score nails (a brier)
3 What is that which is often brought to a table, often cut but never eaten (A Pack of Cards)
4 Why does a hen pick a pot-stick? (Because she cannot lick it)
5 What has one eye and cannot see? (A needle)
6 What has two eyes and cannot see? (A scissors)
7 What goes around the wood and sleeps on the wood at night ? (A dishcloth)
8 What goes around the house and round the house and sleeps in the corner at night? (A Twig)
9 Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I'll buy a pair of breeches? (A head of cabbage)
10 As round as an apple, as deep as a cup; all the men in Derry would not take it up (A Well)
11 As round as an apple: as flat as a pan; one side a woman and the other a man (A Penny)
12 Black and white and read all over (A Paper)(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Hetherton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan
