School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0161
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Knitting needles
67. Middy noddy round body three feet and a wooden hat
Pot
68. As black as coal and coal is 'tis not as green as grass and grass 'tis not as red as a nose and a nose 'tis not
A black berry
70. One half dead, the other half living and is do tail wagging
A dog with his head in a pot
71. Patch upon patch, without any stitches. Riddle me that, and I will buy you a pair of breeches.
A head of cabbage.
72. When is water like fat
When it is dripping.
73. Round the wood and round the wood and pulling the harrow after it.
A hen and a clutch of chickens.
74. How many prods of a beggarman's stick would make a pot of porrage.
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