School: Garvagh
- Location:
- Drutamon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Burrows
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- Q. Use me well and I am every - body scratch my back and I am nobody?
Ans. A looking - glass.
Q. Long legs short thighs a small head and no eyes?
Ans. A pair of tongs.
Q. What turns without moving?
Ans. A crock of cream.
Q. A wee round house that would not hold a mouse and as full of windows as a King's house?
Ans. A thimble.
Q. Burying dead with alive sitting on my hunkers before I go to bed?
Ans. Raking the fire.
Q. What is it that the half is bigger than the hole?
Ans. A churn lid.
Q. What is the reason a lame dog is the same as a boy adding six and seven?
Ans. Because he puts down three and carries one.- Collector
- Ena Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknashammer, Co. Cavan