School: Cooley
- Location:
- Cooly, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 357
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- (continued from previous page)5. What is it that gets larger the more we take from it.
Diging a hole.(6) As I went up a slippy slop I met my uncle David I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy?
A man drinking a bottle of whiskey.7. As I went up a slippy slop I met a daunty bull he kicked and I flung if you had of been there to see the fun?
A thorn in your foot.8. I am a harmless creature my hands are always busy my face is never wet. I tell good children when their school it opens and when their lesson ends. What am I?
A clock.9. Long legs, short thighs, round head and no eyes.
Tongs.10. A long legged father a big bellied mother three little children like one another?
A pot and pothooks.11. Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white stayed still.
A hen laying an egg.12. Patch upon patch without any stitches if you guess that I'll give you my breeches?
A cabbage.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Mc Gonigle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cooly, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Gonigle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooly, Co. Donegal
