School: Gleann Fhaoilidh (Gleneely)
- Location:
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 225
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- 1. What goes with the train and it is no use to it and it could not go without it?
The rattle.
2. A housefull, a roomfull and you could not lift a spoonfull?
Smoke.
3. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it?
A coffin.
4. A hard working man and a lazy wee woman and twelve little children?
A clock.
5. What is full but could hold more?
A pot of potatoes.
6. A cake of bread and a sheet full of crumbs?
The moon and the stars.
7. What goes up the chimney down and can't come down the chimney up?
An umbrella.
8. Long legs crooked thighs wee head and no eyes?
The tongs.
9. What goes round the house and round the house and peeps in on every wee hole?
The sun.(continues on next page)
