School: Ballinode (roll number 10665)
- Location:
- Béal Átha an Fhóid, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: M. Clarke
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 190
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- What goes round the house and sleeps in the corner at night?
The brush.
What is it always walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot.
What goes away between two woods and comes back between two waters?
A man fetching water in pails.
What is short and cut a bit from each end to make it long?
A grave.
What bites and bites but never swallows?
A pair of scissors.
What goes up the chimney down and wont go down the chimney up?
An umbrella.
What goes round the wood and never touches it?
A knife in a man's pocket.
As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the steeple, house, meeting and all?
The moon.(continues on next page)
