School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)
- Location:
- Tigh Srathra, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 311
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- 1. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire? Answer. A cake in an oven.2. Why does a hen pick a pot?
Answer. Because she cannot lick it.3. Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Answer. Because she cannot look through it.4. Black and white and read all over?
Answer. A newspaper.5. Black and white and hops on the road like hailstones. A magpie.6. Little red Nancy, sitting on a wall. the longer she sits the sooner she'll fall.
Answer. A candle.7. I went up the boreen and down the boreen and carried the boreen on my back.
Answer. A ladder.8. A little red man sitting by the wall. He eats all he gets and drinks nothing at all? Answer. A fire.9. The man that made it never wore it. the man who wore it never saw it.
Answer. A coffin.10. How many cow tails would reach the moon?
Answer. One if it was long enough.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mulry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Jamestown, Co. Ros Comáin
