School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)

Location:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
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  1. What's full and holds more?
    Answer A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
    Why does a hen pick a pan?
    Answer Because she could not lick it.
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch first
    Answer Her breath.
    As black as ink as white as milk and hops on the road like hail stone?
    Answer A magpie
    Black and white and read all over?
    Answer A newspaper.
    Think tank under a bank ten drawing four.
    Answer A woman milking a cow.
    What walks with its head down?
    Answer A nail in your foot.
    What goes around the wood and never gets into the wood.
    Answer A bark of a tree.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolishal, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr John Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolishal, Co. Waterford