School: An Pasáiste Thoir (C.), Port Láirge

Location:
Passage East, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Clare, Bean Uí Eachthigheirn
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    Little nannie netti-coat...

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    legs after four and brought one leg.
    A woman sitting on a three-legged stool with a leg of mutton on her lap. In ran a dog and stole the mutton. She jumped through the fire after him.
    A nailer had a brother but the nailer's brother had no other, what was the nailer to his brother?
    His sister.
    There is a thing under the water and over the water and it says jink, jink and never takes a drink.
    An anchor.
    What is this? - A hard-working father, a lazy old mother, twelve little children all the same colour.
    The flower of England, the Spirit of Spain
    All mixed up in a shower of rain
    Put in a bag, tied with a string
    Riddle me that and I'll give you a gold ring.
    A pudding.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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