School: Scoil Naomh Colmcille, Kilmacrennan (roll number 17036)
- Location:
- Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Gallchobhair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 62
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- 1) A well-doing father and a wee lazy mother, twelve black weans like the other? The blood.
2) Middy, moddy, round body three feet and a wooden hat? A Pot.
3) As round as an apple, as deep as a cup three score men could not lift it up? A Well.
4) Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess forever but you could not guess that? A Pipe.
5) Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and I will buy you a pair of breeches? A head of cabbage.
6) I have a wee mare with an iron throat, and when she gallops she swallows the rope? A Spinning-wheel.
7) Humped back crooked neck and a mouth on it like a frog? The Kettle.
8) Seven feet standing four legs hanging and a tail wagging? A dog with his head in a pot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Liney
- Gender
- Female
